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[|Pakistan Map]

Absolute Location is 30 00 N, 70 00 E.[|Absolute Location]
===Relative Location of Pakistan is Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.[|Relitive Location]===

===Brief History on Pakistan: Did you know the separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but discussions and confidence-building measures have led to decreased tensions since 2002. [|History and more information on Pakistan]===

===These are the current Natural Resources of Pakistan:coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber. For More information on these Natural Resources Visit [|CIA.gov]===