The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a Muslimrepublic in south Asia. It has a total area of 803,940 km2. The climate is mostly hot with a dry desert but temperate in the north-west and arctic in the north. The terrain is comprised of a flat Indus plain in the east; mountains in the north and north-west and the Balochistan plateau in the west. Natural resources are land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited crude oil, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone. The religion is 97% Muslim (77% Sunni, 20% Shia), 3% Christian, Hindu, and other. The official language is English with Urdu replacing English and Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu, Balochi and other languages are also spoken. From the 18th century the area of Pakistan was part of British India, being divided off from India in 1947. Research Pakistan
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