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Area > Comparative slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Area > Land	2,973,190 sq km		[8th of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	2.59 sq km per 1,000 people		[198th of 227]
Area > Total	3,287,590 sq km		[14th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	2.864 sq km per 1,000 people		[203rd of 231]
Area > Water	314,400 sq km		[3rd of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	273.869 sq km per million people		[71st of 225]
Capital city with population	New Delhi - 294,149
capitals and largest cities > Countries > Cities larger than the capital Mumbai, (Old) Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kanpur, Nagpur, Vadodara, Cochin (metropolitan Delhi ranks 2nd to metropolitan Mumbai).
Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Coastline	7,000 km		[26th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Indian Ocean 0 m
Forested Land	21.6%		[114th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	20 00 N, 77 00 E
Geography > Note dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal
highest towns > Town/City	Gaite
Irrigated land	558,080 sq km		[1st of 196]
Irrigated land (per capita)	524.315 sq km per million people		[43rd of 167]
Land area > sq. km	2,973,190 km²		[7th of 206]
Land area > sq. km (per capita)	2.716 km² per 1,000 people		[187th of 206]
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
Land boundaries > Total	14,103 km		[4th of 166]
Land boundaries > Total (per capita)	12.285 km per million people		[158th of 164]
Land use > Arable land	48.83%		[7th of 258]
Land use > Other	48.37%		[231st of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	2.8%		[75th of 258]
Largest city	Bombay
Largest city population	15,138,000		[5th of 174]
Largest city population (per capita)	0.014 per capita		[172nd of 174]
Largest city with population	Mumbai - 11,914,398
Location Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Map references Asia
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone	24 nautical mile		[36th of 83]
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[58th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[45th of 191]
Natural hazards droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
Natural resources coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
northernmost point > Latitude	35°30'N
Population density	336.62 people per sqkm		[32nd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	368.15 people/m²		[18th of 204]
Precipitation	2,168 mm		[9th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	488.84 people/km² of arable lan		[15th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km	3,287,260 km²		[7th of 206]
Surface area > sq. km (per capita)	3.003 km² per 1,000 people		[182nd of 207]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Kanchenjunga
Terrain upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north

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