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AmritsAr

the city of Amritsar is in Punjab

in northwest india. it is the most

important religious center for the sikhs,

who live mainly in northern india. the

town surrounds a sacred pool, and on a small

island in the pool stands the Golden temple (above).

in 1984, sikhs fighting for an independent sikh

state in the area occupied the temple, and the

government sent in troops to remove them.

BAnGlAdesh

Bangladesh lies on the Ganges delta, where

the Ganges, Brahmaputra and meghna rivers

split up into dozens of smaller rivers before

flowing into the Bay of Bengal. the area is

prone to monsoons, which are a type of

tropical storm, and floods are very common

throughout most of the country. most people

in rural areas live in wooden houses raised

on stilts above the flood level, so their homes

will not be washed away in severe monsoons.

StatiSticS

area: 1,269,220 sq miles

(3,287,263 sq km)

Population:

1,251,695,500

capital: new delhi

Languages: hindi,

english, Urdu,

Bengali, marathi,

telugu, tamil, Bihari,

Gujarati, Kanarese

Religions: hindu,

muslim, Christian, sikh,

Buddhist, Jain

currency: rupee

Main occupations:

Agriculture, industry

Main exports: rice, iron

ore, cut diamonds, coal

Main imports:

Petroleum, coal, steel

nAtUrAl Border

A massive, towering wall of snow-

capped mountains stretches

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Jessore
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Rangpur
Pali Beawar
Nawabshah Shiliguri
Larkana Dibrugarh
Sukkur
Bikaner
Bahawalpur
Quetta
Jammu
Biratnagar
Galle
Rawalpindi
Bhubaneshwar
Batticaloa
Kavaratti
Trivandrum
Madurai
Cochin
Coimbatore
Bengaluru
chennai
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Hubli Vijayawada
Solapur Hyderabad Visakhapatnam
Mumbai Pune
Nashik Nagpur
Surat
Rajkot
Vadodara Kolkata chittagong
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Jamshedpur
Khulna
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Bhopal
Ranchi
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Kota Varanasi
Hyderabad
allahabad
Patna
Guwahati
Gwalior
Gorakhpur
Jodhpur Kanpur
Jaipuragra Lucknow
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Multan Ludhiana
Faisalabad
Lahore amritsar
Gujranwala
Peshawar Srinagar
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area: 25,332 sq miles
(65,610 sq km)
Population: 22,053,500
capital: Colombo, sri Jaywardenepura Kotte
BAnGlAdesh
area: 57,321 sq miles
(148,460 sq km)
Population: 168,958,000
capital: dhaka
BhUtAn
area: 14,824 sq miles
(38,394 sq km)
Population: 742,000
capital: thimphu
nePAl
area: 56,827 sq miles
(147,181 sq km)
Population: 31,551,000
capital: Kathmandu
PAKistAn
area: 307,374 sq miles
(796,095 sq km)
Population: 199,086,000
capital: islamabad
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