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India

Geography

India is a large, triangular-shaped country in southern Asia, buttressed by the long sweep of the Himalaya in the north and protruding into the Indian Ocean in the south. It's bordered by Pakistan to the northwest, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. Sri Lanka is the teardrop-shaped island hanging off its southern tip. India covers a land area of some 3,287,000 sq km (1,281,930sq mi), though disputed borders with Pakistan and China make this figure somewhat arbitrary. India is the seventh largest country in the world.

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General information

Official name:
Republic of India

Capital city:
New Delhi

Area:
3 287 590 sq km

Population:
1 000 000 000

Time Zone:
GMT/UTC + 5,5 ()

Currency:
Indian Rupee (Rs)

Official language:
english, hindu

Neighbouring countries:
Pakistan, Nepal, China, Barma / Myanmar

Highest mountain:
Kangchendoza - 8.598 m n. m

Ebb tide:
Indian ocean - 0 m n. m

Longest river:
Ganga (in the country 2 510 km)

Biggest city:
Bombai (13 500 000 people)

Landing place:
Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam

People:
72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other

Religion:
80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other