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Pakistan

Full country name:

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Area:

803,940 sq km (310,402 sq mi)

Population:

138,123,359 (July 1999 est.)

Capital city

Islamabad (pop 400,000 in 1991)

People:

Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendants)

Language:

Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%

Religion

Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%

President:

Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf ousted the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a military coup in October 1999.

Map of Pakistan

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