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The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.
Region HDI (2022) [1] Medium human development 1 Islamabad Capital Territory: 0.654 2 Azad Kashmir: 0.589 3 Gilgit-Baltistan: 0.574 3 Punjab: 0.550 Low human development - Pakistan: 0.540: 4 Sindh: 0.533 5 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 0.511 6 Balochistan: 0.460
On 7 September 1958, after four years of negotiations (including six months of intense negotiations), Pakistan purchased the enclave of Gwadar from Oman for ₨.5.5 billion (US$3 million; approximately $22,410,311.42 in 2017). [13] Gwadar formally became a part of Pakistan on 8 December 1958, ending 174 years of Omani rule.
Historical regions of Pakistan (1 C, 11 P) N. Northern Pakistan (5 C, 1 P) R. Regions of Punjab, Pakistan (1 C, 15 P) S. Saraikistan (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category ...
The Saraikis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of central and southeastern Pakistan, primarily in the southern part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. [21] They are mainly found in Derajat, a cultural region of central Pakistan, located in the region where the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan meet.
Balochistan is located at the eastern edge of the Iranian plateau and in the border region between Southwest, Central, and South Asia. It is geographically the largest of Pakistan's four provinces, at 347,190 km 2 or 134,051 square miles, and composes 48% of the total land area of Pakistan. The population density is very low due to the ...
Pakistan's Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2018 is in the medium human development category with a score of 0.560 (152nd rank out of 189 countries and territories) compared to 0.614 (135th rank) for Bangladesh and 0.647 (129th rank) for India. From 1990 to 2018, Pakistan's HDI increased 38.6% from 0.404 to 0.560.
According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the Kohistan region had total population of 1,395,190.The region is rich in linguistic diversity. The dominant ethnic group are Kohistanis, comprising 64.26% of total population, followed by Pashtuns (17.89%), Torwalis and Kalami (10.11%) and Shinas (4.28%).