Pakistan: Test Your Knowledge

• Pakistan is a country located in South Asia.
• Pakistan is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people.
• Pakistan is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast.
• Pakistan is home to multiple ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan.
• Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south.
• Pakistan is a declared Islamic republic.
• Pakistan has been ruled by governments whose descriptions, although complex, commonly alternated between civilian and military, democratic and authoritarian, relatively secular and Islamist.
• Pakistan elected a civilian government in 2008, and in 2010 adopted a parliamentary system with periodic elections.

Test your knowledge about Pakistan with this quiz containing interesting facts about its geography, history, and culture.