Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country at the crossroads of Western, Central, South and East Asia. Conceived as a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia, the country's tourism industry had its heyday during the 1960s thanks to the Hippie Trail.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Karachi
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Karachi, the noisy, bustling, ever-growing troubled metropolis of Pakistan, lies on the eastern coast of the Arabian Sea, just northwest of the Indus river delta.
Lahore
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Lahore is Pakistan's second largest city after Karachi, and the capital of the north-eastern Punjab province.
Islamabad
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A modern planned city that is well-maintained and well-organised, Islamabad is Pakistan's clean, calm, and green capital.
Destinations
Punjab
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Punjab is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, and home to over half the country's population.
Sindh
Sindh, the historical home to the Sindhi people is the second most populated administrative unit of Pakistan after Punjab, with a population of over 45 million people.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, borders the rest of Pakistan to the south and east, central Afghanistan to the west, and the Wakhan Corridor to the north.Balochistan
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Balochistan or Baluchistan is one of four provinces in Pakistan.
Gilgit-Baltistan
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Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas is the northernmost political entity under the administrative control of Pakistan.
Azad Kashmir
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir or, for short, Azad Kashmir, is the Pakistani-controlled portion of Kashmir, lying west of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan
- Type: Country with 173,000,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in South Asia
- Languages: Urdu, English, Panjabi, Sindhi, Pushto and Brahui
- Neighbors: Afghanistan, China, India and Iran
- Categories: sovereign state and locality
- Location: South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
30° northLongitude of center
70° eastPopulation
173,000,000Area
803,940 km² (310,403 miles²)Elevation
1,721 metres (5,646 feet)Capital
IslamabadCurrency
Rupee (PKR)Phone code
.pkInternet domain
92OpenStreetMap ID
node 424314088OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
1168579Wikidata ID
Q843Pakistan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Pakistan
- Achinese: Pakistan
- Adyghe: Пакистан
- Afar: Pakistan
- Afrikaans: Pakistan
- Akan: Pakistan
- Albanian: Pakistan
- Albanian: Pakistani
- Amharic: Pakistan
- Amharic: ፓኪስታን
- Amis: Pakistan
- Angika: पाकिस्तान
- Arabic: Pakistan
- Arabic: الباكستان
- Arabic: باكستان
- Arabic: جمهورية باكستان الإسلامية
- Aragonese: Pakistán
- Armenian: Պակիստան
- Arpitan: Paquistan
- Assamese: পাকিস্তান
- Asturian: Pakistán
- Asturian: Paquistán
- Atayal: Pakistan
- Avaric: Пакистан
- Awadhi: पाकिस्तान
- Aymara: Pakistan
- Azerbaijani: Pakistan
- Azerbaijani: Pakistan Respublikası
- Azerbaijani: Pakistan İslam Respublikası
- Azerbaijani: PİR
- Azerbaijani: pk
- Balinese: Pakistan
- Bambara: Pakisitaŋ
- Banjar: Pakistan
- Bashkir: Пакистан
- Basque: Pakistan
- Basque: Pakistango Islamiar Errepublika
- Bavarian: Pakistan
- Belarusian: Пакістан
- Bengali: ইসলামী প্রজাতন্ত্রী পাকিস্তান
- Bengali: পাকিস্তান
- Betawi: Pakistan
- Bhojpuri: पाकिस्तान
- Bhojpuri: पाकिस्तान इस्लामी गणतंत्र
- Bishnupriya: পাকিস্তান
- Bislama: Pakistan
- Bosnian: Pakistan
- Brahui: Pákistán
- Breton: Pakistan
- Buginese: Pakistan
- Buginese: ᨄᨀᨗᨔᨈᨊ
- Bulgarian: Пакистан
- Burmese: ပါကစ္စတန်
- Burmese: ပါကစ္စတန်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Pakistan
- Catalan: República Islàmica del Pakistan
- Cebuano: Pakistan
- Central Bikol: Pakistan
- Central Kurdish: پاکستان
- Central Kurdish: کۆماری ئیسلامیی پاکستان
- Chamorro: Pakistan
- Chavacano: Pakistan
- Chechen: Пакистан
- Cherokee: ᏆᎩᏍᏖᏂ
- Chinese: Pakistan
- Chinese: 巴国
- Chinese: 巴基
- Chinese: 巴基国
- Chinese: 巴基斯坦
- Church Slavic: Пакистанъ
- Chuvash: Пакистан
- Cornish: Pakistan
- Crimean Tatar: Pakistan
- Croatian: Islamska Republika Pakistan
- Croatian: Pakistan
- Czech: Islámská republika Pákistán
- Czech: Pákistán
- Dagbani: Pakistan
- Danish: Pakistan
- Dhivehi: ޕާކިސްތާން
- Dimli (individual language): Pakıstan
- Dotyali: इस्लामी जम्हूरिया पाकिस्तान
- Dotyali: पाकिस्तान
- Dotyali: पाकिस्तान इस्लामी गणतंत्र
- Dutch: PAK
- Dutch: PK
- Dutch: Pakistan
- Dzongkha: པ་ཀི་སཏཱན
- Eastern Mari: Пакистан
- Egyptian Arabic: باكستان
- English: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- English: PAK
- English: Republic of Pakistan
- English: pk
- Erzya: Пакистан
- Esperanto: Islama Respubliko Pakistano
- Esperanto: Pakistano
- Esperanto: pk
- Estonian: Pakistan
- Estonian: Pakistani Islamivabariik
- Ewe: Pakistan nutome
- Extremaduran: Paquistán
- Faroese: Pakistan
- Fiji Hindi: Pakistan
- Finnish: Pakistan
- Finnish: Pakistanin islamilainen tasavalta
- French: PAK
- French: PK
- French: Pakistan
- French: République islamique du Pakistan
- French: la République islamique du Pakistan
- French: pk
- Fulah: Pakistaan
- Fulah: Pakistan
- Gagauz: Pakistan
- Galician: Paquistán - پاکستان
- Galician: Paquistán
- Galician: República Islámica de Paquistán
- Gan Chinese: 巴基斯坦
- Ganda: Pakisitaani
- Georgian: პაკისტანი
- German: Pakistan
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Pakistan
- Goan Konkani: Pakistan
- Goan Konkani: पाकिस्तान
- Greek: Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του Πακιστάν
- Greek: Πακιστάν
- Guarani: Pakistán
- Guarani: Pakitã
- Guianese Creole French: Pakistan
- Gujarati: કરાંચી
- Gujarati: પાકિસ્તાન
- Haitian: Pakistan
- Hakka Chinese: Pakistan
- Hakka Chinese: Pâ-kî-sṳ̂-thán
- Hausa: Pakistan
- Hausa: Pakitana
- Hawaiian: Pakitana
- Hebrew: פקיסטאן
- Hebrew: פקיסטן
- Hindi: इस्लामी जम्हूरिया पाकिस्तान
- Hindi: पाकिस्तान
- Hindi: पाकिस्तान इस्लामी गणतंत्र
- Hungarian: Pakisztán
- Hungarian: Pakisztáni Iszlám Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Pakistan
- Ido: Pakistan
- Igbo: Pakistan
- Iloko: Pakistan
- Inari Sami: Pakistan
- Inari Sami: Pakistan islamlâš täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Pakistan
- Ingush: Пакистан
- Interlingua: Pakistan
- Interlingue: Pakistan
- Inuktitut: ᐸᑭᔅᑕᓐ
- Irish: An Phacastáin
- Irish: an Phacastáin
- Italian: Pakistan
- Italian: Repubblica islamica del Pakistan
- Jamaican Creole English: Pakistan
- Japanese: パキスタン
- Japanese: パキスタン・イスラム共和国
- Javanese: Pakistan
- Kabardian: Пакистэн
- Kabiyè: Pakisitaanɩ
- Kabyle: Pakistan
- Kadazan Dusun: Pakistan
- Kalaallisut: Pakistan
- Kalaallisut: Pakistani
- Kalmyk: Сарта Паксин Орн
- Kannada: ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ
- Kara-Kalpak: Pakistan
- Kashmiri: پاکِستان
- Kashubian: Pakistan
- Kazakh: Пәкістан
- Khmer: ប៉ាគីស្ថាន
- Kikuyu: Pakistan
- Kikuyu: Pakistani
- Kinyarwanda: Pakisitani
- Kirghiz: Пакистан
- Komi: Пакистан
- Kongo: Pakistan
- Korean: 파키스탄
- Kurdish: Pakistan
- Kurdish: پاکستان
- Ladin: PK
- Ladin: Pachistan
- Ladino: Pakistan
- Lao: Pakistan
- Lao: ປະເທດປາກິດສະຖານ
- Lao: ປະເທດປາກີສະຖານ
- Lao: ປາກິດສະຖານ
- Latin: Pakistania
- Latvian: Pakistāna
- Latvian: Pakistānas Islāma Republika
- Lezghian: Пакистан
- Ligurian: Pakistan
- Limburgan: Pakistan
- Lingala: Pakisitá
- Lingala: Pakistáni
- Lingua Franca Nova: Pacistan
- Literary Chinese: 巴基斯坦
- Lithuanian: Pakistanas
- Livvi: Pakistuanu
- Lojban: kisygu'e
- Lojban: kisygue
- Lombard: Pakistan
- Low German: Pakistan
- Lower Sorbian: Pakistan
- Luba-Katanga: Pakisita
- Luxembourgish: Islamesch Republik Pakistan
- Luxembourgish: Pakistan
- Macedo-Romanian: Pakistan
- Macedonian: Пакистан
- Madurese: Pakistan
- Maithili: पाकिस्तान
- Malagasy: Pakistan
- Malagasy: Pakistàna
- Malay: Pakistan
- Malay: ريڤوبليک إسلام ڤاکيستن
- Malay: ڤاکيستن
- Malayalam: പാകിസ്താൻ
- Malayalam: പാക്കിസ്ഥാൻ
- Maltese: Pakistan
- Maltese: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan
- Maltese: il-Pakistan
- Manipuri: ꯄꯥꯀꯤꯁ꯭ꯇꯥꯟ
- Manx: Yn Phakistaan
- Maori: Pakitāne
- Marathi: पाकिस्तान
- Mazanderani: پاکئون
- Mazanderani: پاکستون
- Min Dong Chinese: Pakistan
- Min Nan Chinese: Pa-ki-su-thàn
- Min Nan Chinese: Pa-ki-su-thán
- Min Nan Chinese: Pakistan
- Minangkabau: Pakistan
- Mingrelian: პაკისტანი
- Mirandese: Paquistan
- Moksha: Пакистан
- Mongolian: Пакистан
- Mongolian: ꯄꯥꯀꯤꯁ꯭ꯇꯥꯟ
- Moroccan Arabic: پاكيستان
- Mossi: Pakistan
- Nauru: Pakistan
- Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Pakistan
- Nepali: इस्लामी गणतन्त्र पाकिस्तान
- Nepali: पाकिस्तान
- Newari: पाकिस्तान
- Nias: Pakistan
- North Ndebele: Phakistani
- Northern Frisian: Pakistaan
- Northern Luri: پاکستان
- Northern Sami: Pakistan
- Northern Sami: Pakistana islamlaš dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Pakistan islamlaš dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Pakistan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den islamske republikken Pakistan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Pakistan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Pakistan
- Novial: Pakistan
- Occitan (post 1500): Paquistan
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܦܐܩܣܛܐܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Pacistan
- Oriya: ପାକିସ୍ତାନ
- Oriya: ପାକିସ୍ଥାନ
- Oromo: Paakistaan
- Ossetian: Пакистан
- Pali: पाकिस्तान
- Pampanga: Pakistan
- Panjabi: ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ
- Papiamento: Pakistan
- Pedi: Pakistan
- Pennsylvania German: Pakistan
- Persian: پاکستان
- Picard: Pakistan
- Piemontese: Pakistan
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Pakistaan
- Polish: Pakistan
- Portuguese: Paquistão
- Pushto: پاکستان
- Quechua: Pakistan
- Quechua: Pakistán
- Quechua: Pakisuyu
- Romanian: Pakistan
- Romansh: Pakistan
- Rundi: Pakisitani
- Russia Buriat: Пакистан
- Russian: Ислами́ Джумхури́йе Пакиста́н
- Russian: Исламская Республика Пакистан
- Russian: Пакистан
- Rusyn: Пакістан
- Sakizaya: Pakistan
- Samoan: Pakisitana
- Samogitian: Pakėstans
- Sango: Pakistan
- Sango: Pakistäan
- Sanskrit: पाकिस्तानम्
- Sanskrit: पाकिस्थानम्
- Santali: ᱯᱟᱠᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ
- Saraiki: پاکستان
- Sardinian: Pakistan
- Saterfriesisch: Pakistan
- Scots: Pakistan
- Scottish Gaelic: Pagastàn
- Serbian: Pakistan
- Serbian: Пакистан
- Serbo-Croatian: Pakistan
- Shan: မိူင်းပႃႇၵိတ်ႈသတၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Pakistan
- Sicilian: Pakistan
- Silesian: Pakistan
- Sindhi: اسلامي جمھوريہ پاڪستان
- Sindhi: پاڪستان
- Sinhala: පාකිස්තානය
- Sinhala: පාකිස්ථානය
- Skolt Sami: Pakistaan
- Skolt Sami: Pakistaan islaamlaž tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Pakistan
- Slovak: Pakistanská islamská republika
- Slovenian: Pakistan
- Somali: Bakistaan
- South Azerbaijani: پاکیستان
- Spanish: Pakistán
- Spanish: Paquistán
- Spanish: República Islámica del Pakistán
- Spanish: República Islámica del Paquistán
- Sranan Tongo: Pakistan
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴱⴰⴽⵉⵙⵜⴰⵏ
- Sundanese: Pakistan
- Swahili: Pakistan
- Swahili: Pakistani
- Swati: IPhakhistani
- Swedish: Islamiska republiken Pakistan
- Swedish: Pakistan
- Swiss German: Pakistan
- Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠇꠤꠍ꠆ꠔꠣꠘ
- Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠍꠟꠝꠣꠘꠞ ꠖꠦꠡ
- Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠍꠟꠤꠝ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ
- Tachelhit: Pakistan
- Tagalog: Pakistan
- Tajik: Покистон
- Talysh: Pakistan
- Tamil: பாகிஸ்தான்
- Tamil: பாக்கித்தான்
- Tamil: பாக்கிஸ்தான்
- Taroko: Pakistan
- Tatar: Пакистан
- Tatar: Пакистан Ислам Җөмһүрияте
- Tatar: Пакьстан
- Telugu: పాకిస్తాన్
- Tetum: Pakistaun
- Thai: ประเทศปากีสถาน
- Thai: ปากีสถาน
- Tibetan: པ་ཀི་སི་ཐན
- Tibetan: པཀི་སྟཱན།
- Tigrinya: ፓኪስታን
- Tok Pisin: Pakistan
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Pākisitani
- Tosk Albanian: Pakistan
- Tulu: ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ
- Tumbuka: Pakistan
- Tunisian Arabic: پاكستان
- Turkish: Pakistan
- Turkmen: Pakistan
- Turkmen: Päkistan
- Twi: Pakistan
- Tyap: PAK
- Tyap: Paki̱si̱tan
- Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Kpaa̱pyia̱ Paki̱si̱tan
- Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Paki̱si̱tan
- Tyap: pk
- Udmurt: Пакистан
- Uighur: پاكىستان
- Uighur: پاكىستان ئىسلام جۇمھۇرىيىتى
- Ukrainian: Ісламська Республіка Пакистан
- Ukrainian: Пакистан
- Ukrainian: Пакістан
- Upper Sorbian: Pakistan
- Urdu: Pākistān
- Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان
- Urdu: پاک
- Urdu: پاکستان
- Urdu: پاکستھان
- Uzbek: Pokiston
- Venetian: Pakistan
- Veps: Pakistan
- Veps: Pakistanan Islamine Valdkund
- Vietnamese: Pa-ki-xtan (Pakistan)
- Vietnamese: Pa-ki-xtan
- Vietnamese: Pakistan
- Vlaams: Pakistan
- Vlax Romani: Pakistan
- Volapük: Pakistän
- Võro: Pakistan
- Walloon: Pakistan
- Waray (Philippines): Pakistan
- Welsh: Pacistan
- Welsh: Pakistan
- Western Balochi: پاکستان
- Western Frisian: Pakistan
- Western Panjabi: پاکستان
- Wolof: Pakistaan
- Wolof: Pakistaŋ
- Wu Chinese: 巴基斯坦
- Yakut: Пакистаан
- Yakut: Пакистан
- Yiddish: פּאַקיסטאַן
- Yiddish: פאקיסטאן
- Yoruba: Orílẹ̀-èdè Ẹlẹ́sìn-ìmàle ilẹ̀ Pakístàn
- Yoruba: Pakisitan
- Yoruba: Pakístàn
- Yue Chinese: 巴基斯坦
- Zeeuws: Pakistan
- Zhuang: Pakistan
- Zulu: IPakistani
- Zulu: i-Pakistan
- ma Pakisan
- اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان
- پٲکِستان
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