1987 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1987 (Internet Archive)
Countries
188
Data Records
10,949
Categories
6
Source
CIA World Factbook 1987 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Boundary disputes
Cease-Fire Line with India; Pushtunistan and Baluchistan questions with Afghanistan
Climate
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Coastline
1,046 km
Comparative area
- about the size of New
- about the size of Texas
Contiguous zone
24 nm
Continental shelf
edge of continental margin or 200 nm
Environment
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August); deforestation; soil erosion; desertification
Extended economic zone
200 nm
Land boundaries
5,900 km total
Land use
26% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 6% meadows and pastures; 4% forest and woodland; 64% other; includes 19% irrigated
Special notes
controls Khyber Pass, traditional invasion route between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Terrain
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Baluchistan Plateau in west
Territorial sea
12 nm
Total area
- 300 km Boundary representation 1s not necessarily authoritative JQ Mesirah Arabien Sea
- 212,460 km?; land area: 212,460 km?
- 803,940 km?; land area: 778,720 km?