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ï Area and location
ï Neighbouring Countries and Borders
ï Land
ï Political Divisions
ï Physiography
ï Climate of Pakistan
ï Natural Resources
ï Communication and Transportation
ï Languages
ï Forest of Pakistan
ï Irrigation system
ï Population
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ï Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
ï Stretches over 1600 km north to south, 885 km broad east to
west.
ï Pakistan has an area of 796095 sq.km.
ï It occupies 18.78 % of South Asia and 0.06% of the World.
ï Area of Balochistan is 347,188 sq.km, Punjab 206,251 sq.km,
NWFP 74,522 sq.km and Sindh has an area of 140,913 sq.km.
ï Highly Strategic position in South Asia, lies between the Arabian
and Indo-china peninsulas.
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ï North east ->370 miles with China.
ï North west ->A narrow limb of Wakhan separates it from
Tajikistan.
ï West ->1400 miles with Afghanistan, Durand line.
ï South west ->500 miles with Iran.
ï South ->lies the Arabian Sea.
ï East ->1000 miles with India.

ï Pakistan can be divided into four regions:

1. The great highlands

2. The Balochistan Plateau
3. The Indus Plains
4. The Desert Areas
  
ï Four provinces and a number of tribal areas.
1. Punjab
2. Sindh
3. NWFP
4. Balochistan
ï Tribal areas are in extreme north.
ï Provinces -> divisions -> districts -> tehsils ->several villages.
  
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ï Located in the north of the tropic of cancer, diversified climate.
ï Hottest places like Jacobabad and Sibi.
ï Snowy cold like Ladakh and Balochistan.
ï Costal Areas are modified by Sea breezes.
ï Margin of the Moonsoon Climate.
ï Climate is dry and scarcity of rains.
ï The temperature of varied from 4 to 15 in winter and 30 to 42 in
summer.
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ï Mineral Resources (Iron ore, Chromite, Copper, Rock salt, Gypsum,
Sulphur, Lime stone, Marble, Clays).
ï Power Resources (Coal, Petroleum, Oil-fields, Natural Gas,
Electricity).
ï Nuclear power Energy
ï Solar Energy
ï Agriculture (Problems and Steps to overcome the problems).
ï Agriculture crops (Rice, Cotton, Sugar cane, Maize, Millets, Wheat,
Barley, Oil-seeds).
ï Industry (Problems and steps to overcome the problems).
ï Major Industries (Textile, Sugar, Cement, Paper, Cigarettes, Iron
and Steel, Vegetable Ghee, Bicycle and car manufacturing).
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ï Pakistan Railways
ï Roads
ï Motorway project
ï Water ways
ï Airways/civil aviation
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ï Postal Service
ï Tele-graph
ï Telephone
ï Radio
ï Television
ï Mobile
ï E.mail


ï English
ï Urdu
ï Punjabi
ï Pushto
ï Sindhi
ï Balochi
ï Brahvi
ï Hindko
ï Siraiki
ï And many others«.
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ï Natural Forests
1. Forests of Northern Areas
2. Shrub Forests of the foot-hills and plains
3. The Balochistan Hill Forests
4. Tidal Forests
5. The Riverain or Bela-Forests
ï Artificial Forests
1. Changa Manga Forests
ï Importance of Forests
ï Forests Products
ï Deforestation
 

ï Need For Irrigation (Life system, Karez, Rod-kohi irrigation).
ï Canals (Inundation canals, Perennial canals, Non-Perennial
canals).
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1. The Indus River System (Western Tributaries of the Indus).
2. The River of Balochistan.
  
ï Density of Population (Varies within the countries).
ï Causes of the rapid growth of Population in Pakistan
1. Continuously declining mortality rate
2. High Fertility
3. Death rate