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Canal System of Pakistan

Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by MairaS.

Irrigation is the man-made supply of water to the land to encourage vegetation. It is a substitute for inadequate or erratic rainfall and is extremely essential for arid regions where there are no rivers and also in humid regions to improve crop output. In Pakistan, 75% of the agricultural land is under irrigation. Three major [...]

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Administrative Divisions of Pakistan

Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by MairaS.

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan comprises of 4 provinces Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan and NWFP, one capital territory Islamabad, a federal territory FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) and two autonomous states Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit and Baltistan.
In 2000 the Pervez Musharraf government adopted a system of administration named “Local government system”, in which each [...]

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Sindh – Pakistan (Map Description)

Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by MairaS.

LOCATION: Southeast of Pakistan.
CORDINATES: 24.52 DEGREES North, 67.03 degrees East.
NEIGHBORS: West and North Balochistan Province

East: Rajhistan India.
North east: Punjab Province
South: Arabian Sea & Runn of Kutch

CAPITAL: Karachi
AREA: 140,914 km square
POPULATION: 35,470,648
DISTRICTS: 23

CLIMATE: Sub Tropical with hot dry summers. Temperature can shoot up to more than 50 degrees C in some areas. The winters [...]

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