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Area > Comparative
slightly more than one-third the size of the US |
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Area > Land
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2,973,190 sq km |
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[8th of 238]
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Area > Total
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3,287,590 sq km |
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[14th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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New Delhi - 294,149 |
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Climate
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
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Forested Land
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21.6% |
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[114th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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20 00 N, 77 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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48.83% |
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[7th of 258]
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Largest city
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Bombay |
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Largest city population
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15,138,000 |
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[5th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Mumbai - 11,914,398 |
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Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan |
Map references
Asia |
Natural resources
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
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Population density
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336.62 people per sqkm |
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[32nd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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368.15 people/m²
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[18th of 204]
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Precipitation
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2,168 mm |
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[9th of 95]
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Surface area > sq. km
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3,287,260 km²
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[7th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Kanchenjunga |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
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India, Republic of India
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