Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Pakistan (PK) Summary

Pakistan (PK) contains the territory under the de facto control of Pakistan. It does not include parts of Kashmir under the control of India (IN) or determined by bilateral agreement between Pakistan and China (CN) to be part of China but are still claimed by India.

Google Earth KML files- (all towns, towns larger than 20 000 people, cities larger than 100 000 people)

There are 30 entries in the world atlas for Pakistan (PK). They are enumerated below, with links. Populations in Pakistan (PK) for administrative units are from the 1998 Census and estimated populations of urban areas from Google Earth images are from about 2004.

Pakistan's administrative units treated here are ranked into three levels: province level, district level, and tehsil level. Province-level units are the four provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Northwest Frontier, and Balochistan), Islamabad Capital Territory, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and two parts of Kashmir: the Northern Areas and the Islamic Republic of Free Kashmir. Province-level units other than FATA are divided into 124 districts and FATA is divided into 7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions. These are further subdivided into tehsil level areas, which are called talukas in Sindh. The tehsil level units have been modified considerably since 1998 and the changes are not represented here. In Balochistan, there was no data for tehsils. Instead, the census gave data for subdivisions, which are made up of multiple tehsils.

The world atlas entries correspond to divisions, a geographic unit discontinued by Pakistan in 2000.

Punjab (205 344 km², population 73 621 290)
Bahawalpur: Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, and Rahimyar Khan.
Dera Ghazi Khan: Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, and Rajanpur.
Faisalabad: Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh.
Gujranwala: Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal, Sialkot.
Lahore: Lahore, Nankana Sahib, Okara, Qasur, Shekhupura.
Multan: Khanewal, Lodhran, Multan, Pakpattan, Sahiwal, Vehari.
Rawalpindi: Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Rawalpindi.
Sargodha: Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali, Sargodha.

Sindh (140 914 km², population 30 439 893)
Hyderabad: Badin, Dadu, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Thatta.
Karachi: Karachi.
Larkana: Jacobabad, Kasmor, Larkana, Qamber Shahdadkot, Shikarpur.
Mirpurkhas: Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Tharparker, Umerkot.
Sukkur: Ghotki, Khairpur, Naushehro Feroze, Nawabshah, Sukkur.

Northwest Frontier (74 521 km², population 17 743 645)
Bannu: Bannu, Lakki Marwat.
Dera Ismail Khan: Dera Ismail Khan, Tank.
Hazara: Abbottabad, Batagram, Haripur, Kohistan, Mansehra.
Kohat: Hangu, Karak, Kohat
Malakand: Buner, Chitral, Lower Dir, Malakand, Shangla, Swat, Upper Dir.
Mardan: Mardan, Swabi.
Peshawar: Charsadda, Nowshera, Peshawar.

Balochistan (347 190 km², population 6 565 885)
Kalat: Awaran, Kharan, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Mastung, Qalat.
Makran: Gwadar, Kech, Panjgur.
Nasirabad: Bolan, Jafarabad, Jhal Magsi, Nasirabad.
Quetta: Chagai, Nushki, Pishin, Qila Abdullah, Quetta.
Sibi: Dera Bugti, Harnai, Kohlu, Sibi, Ziarat.
Zhob: Barkhan, Loralai, Musakhel, Qila Saifullah, Sherani, Zhob.

Islamabad Capital Territory (906 km², population 805 235)
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (27 220 km², population 3 176 331)
Islamic Republic of Free Kashmir (13 297 km², population 2 972 501)
Northern Areas (72 520 km², population 970 347)

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