Pakistan is the second largest Muslim community in South Asia next to India. It is likewise has the second largest Muslim population worldwide next to Indonesia. After its Partition from India in 1946, Pakistan was known to be one of the poorest countries in South Asia. However, because of the continued struggle to improved and because of the help of is wide arable lands and irrigation facilities, for the period 1990 to 2003, Pakistan have evolved into the most urbanized nation in South Asia.
It continued to grow even amidst global economic crisis. Pakistan is a rapid growing country because of the hard working nature of Pakistanis and their agricultural expertise.
Areas of Pakistan vary just like the exports and products its agricultural sector produces.
Areas of Pakistan are as follows:
Baluchistan Province
The area of Pakistan covered by Baluchistan Province is 347,190 sq. km. with 6 Divisions and 20 Districts.
North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
This area in Pakistan is a settlement of provincially administered tribal areas. It consists of 6 Divisions and 17 Districts covering an area of 74,521 square kilometers.
Punjab Province
This area of Pakistan is an urban area where most of the popular produces of Pakistan may be found. This is the highly populated area and where commercial establishments are aplenty.
The area of Pakistan covered by Punjab is a total of 205,345 sq. km. with 8 Divisions and 32 Districts.
Sindh
Sindh is another important province in Pakistan. The total area covered by Sindh in square kilometers is 140,914 with 4 Divisions and 7 Districts.
FATA
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan covered a total of 27,220 sq. km. only. However, because of the Taliban entering the area, chaos disturbed the life of people in this area.
One of the reasons for this unrest is because of the easy access from FATA to Afghanistan.
Islamabad
Islamabad is the smallest area in the subdivisions of Pakistan. It covers only 906 square kilometers and is only one district in the subdivision. Just the same, with its menial size, Islamabad is constantly in the news and likewise is a popular area in Pakistan.
Northern Area of Pakistan
This area is where the high mountains and glaciers in Pakistan may be found. It covered an area of 68,879 with zero Division and 5 Districts.
Azad Kashmir
This area has no subdivision. It is a single area in Pakistan covering 12,431 square kilometers.
As you may have noticed, areas in Pakistan are aplenty and divided into several subdivisions and districts. Aside from the area subdivisions, geography is likewise varying such as high mountains, hills and valleys, desserts, beaches and costal areas and of course arid plateau.
Products produced in different areas are likewise varying and thus, contributes to the economic make up of each area and Pakistan as a whole.
There may be issues with respect to literacy in some area; this is one of the reasons why you can only find commercial establishments to be aplenty in urban areas.