Pakistan is a country located on the Asian Continent, specifically on the Southern Asian Continent (South Asia). The country of Pakistan has the full name of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This country has a population of ± 233,500,636 people.
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With such a large population, Pakistan ranks 6th as the country with the largest population in the world. Almost the majority of Pakistan's population adheres to Islam, namely 96.4% of the total population. Islam in Pakistan is the official religion of the country whose capital is Islamabad.
The name Pakistan means pure land in Urdu and Persian. The word “pak” in Persian has a pure meaning while “stan” in Persian can be interpreted as land/place or country.
This name was coined as Pakstan by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, he was a Pakistani Punjabi Muslim nationalist who fought for the creation of the state of Pakistan. Apart from that, the name Pakistan is also an abbreviation of several main ethnicities in Pakistan, namely Punjab, Afgan, KashmIr, Sindh, and Baluchistan.
Astronomically, Pakistan is between 20° N - 37° N and 66° E – 75° E. The country of Pakistan has an area of 796,095 km².
Pakistan borders Afghanistan and Iran to the west, while to the east Pakistan borders India. To the north, Pakistan borders China and to the south it borders the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. Thanks to its location which is surrounded by many countries, there are many cultural influences in this country so that Paskitan becomes more diverse from one side.