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Pakistan

Capital: Islamabad

  • K2 in the Karakoram range rises about 8,611 metres, second only to Mount Everest. It is one of the 14 eight-thousanders.
  • Mohenjo-daro in Sindh was built around 2500 BCE and laid out on a grid, with over 700 wells. UNESCO listed it in 1980.
  • Badshahi Mosque was built between 1671 and 1673 under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Its courtyard can hold 100,000 worshippers.
  • The Khyber Pass, at the eastern end of which Peshawar sits, has been a trade route for roughly 2,000 years.

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