Country guide
Pakistan
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Pakistan.
Key facts
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Region
- Asia
- Area
- 796,095 km²
- Population
- 241,499,431
Neighboring countries
Pakistan has 4 land neighbors in the country data.
Learn Pakistan
Pakistan's capital is Islamabad. Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, built around 2500 BCE as a major city of the Indus Valley Civilization, was the first South Asian site inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pakistan covers 796,095 square kilometers and borders four countries, with China as its largest neighbor. K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, rises 8,611 meters within its borders.
The Indus river dolphin, native to Pakistan's Indus River, is functionally blind and navigates almost entirely by echolocation.
Trivia
- Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, built around 2500 BCE as a major city of the Indus Valley Civilization, was the first South Asian site inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The Indus river dolphin, native to Pakistan's Indus River, is functionally blind and navigates almost entirely by echolocation.
- Pakistan is home to five of the world's fourteen mountains that rise above 8,000 metres, including K2.
- Khewra Salt Mine in Punjab, Pakistan, is the second-largest salt mine in the world and the source of pink Himalayan salt.
- K2, in Pakistan's Karakoram range, is the second-highest mountain on Earth at 8,611 metres, surpassed only by Mount Everest.
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