Square miles 340403 square miles
Comparative Area slightly less than twice the size of California
Natural resources land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone
Natural hazards floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes, windstorms, tidal waves and land slides, etc.
Land uses Land use: arable land: 24.44%
Currency Currency in Pakistan: Pakistani rupee (PKR)
GDP $454.2 billion as per purchasing power parity
GDP per capita 4.74%
Population below poverty line 24% (FY05/06 est.)
Labor Force by Occupation 43%
Expors/Imports
•Cotton apparel & household furnishings …US$2.6 billion (70.6% of Pakistani to U.S. exports, up 18.6% from 2005)
•Cotton cloth & fabrics (threads, cordage) … $351 million (9.6%, down 5.6%)
•Other textiles apparel & household furnishings … $138.3 million (3.8%, down 11.6%)
•Textile floor coverings including rugs … $122.1 million (3.3%, down 2.1%)
•Non-textile apparel & household furnishings … $81.4 million (2.2%, up 7.2%)
•Sporting & camping apparel, footwear & gear … $61.2 million (1.7%, up 4.7%)
•Other scientific, medical & hospital equipment … $37.9 million (1%, up 10.4%)
•Toys, bicycles and other sporting goods … $34.4 million (0.9%, up 16.5%)
•Synthetic cloth & fabrics (threads, cordage) … $23.7 million (0.6%, down 39.1%)
•Cookware, cutlery, house & garden wares including tools … $21.4 million (0.6%, up 10.2%).
Infastructure (railroads, airports, roadways, pipelines)
*Railway comprises 8,775 route km, 781 stations and 42 trains halts
*the road system covered 179,752 kilometers, of which asphalt roads made up 51.2 percent.
*The PIA network includes forty-five international and thirty-five domestic airports.
Internet users
11.1% of population
Internet hosts
226,236 (2009)
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this blog is going to be about the country Pakistan. i will be reviewing the country and dicussing current events going on in Pakistan.
