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Pakistan
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officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan, republic (1995 est. pop. 131,542,000), 310,403 sq mi (803,944 sq km), S Asia. Pakistan is bordered by India on the east, the Arabian Sea on the south, Iran on the southwest, and Afghanistan on the west and north; in the northeast is the disputed territory (with India) of Jammu and Kashmir (see Kashmir), of which the part occupied by Pakistan borders on China. Islamabad is the capital and Karachi is the largest city.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
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Pronunciation:  p k´ -stn´´, pä´´k-stän´ from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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