KASAYSAYAN 2: ASIA AND THE WORLD

SOUTH ASIA
PHYSICAL MAP

Capital: Kabul
Major City: Kandahar
b. BANGLADESH
Capital: Dhaka
Major City: Chittagong
c. BHUTAN
Capital:
Thimphu d. INDIA
Capital: New Delhi
Major Cities: Ludhiana, Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna,
Varanasi, Kolkata, Surat, Bhopal, Mumbai, Pune,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin
e. MALDIVES
Capital: Male
f. NEPAL
Capital:
Kathmandu g. PAKISTAN
Capital: Islamabad
Major Cities: Lahore, Faisalabad, Quetta,
Karachi h. SRI LANKA
Capital: Colombo
Major City: Jaffna

PHYSICAL MAP

II.

POLITICAL INFORMATION

1. SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT BEING FOLLOWED

AND CURRENT LEADERS AND POLITICAL FIGURES
Dominant government system: Parliamentary (but
of different kinds)
a. INDIA
(Federal
Parliamentary
Constitutional Republic
President: Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Vice President: Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Speaker of the House: Sumitra Mahajan
Chief Justice: Rajendra Mal Lodha
b. PAKISTAN - (Federal Parliamentary Republic and
Islamic Republic)
President: Mamnoon Hussain Prime
Minister: Mian Nawaz Sharif

Chief Justice: Nasir-ul-Mulk

Chairman (Senate): Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
Speaker (National Assembly): Ayaz Sadiq

I.

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

- The land are of South Asia was last measured at

4,771,220 sq. km. in 2010, according to the World
Bank.
a. AFGHANISTAN

c. AFGHANISTAN - (Presidential
Islamic Republic)
President: Hamid Karzai

Republic

and

Vice Presidents: Yunus Qanuni and Karim

Khalili Chief Justice: Abdul Salam Azimi
d. NEPAL - (Federal Parliamentary Republic)

President: Ram Baran Yadav

Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala
Chief Justice: Ram Prasad Shrestha
e. BHUTAN - (Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional
Monarchy)
King: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Prime Minister: Tshering Tobgay
f. BANGLADESH - (Unitary Parliamentary Republic)
President: Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
Speaker of the House: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Chief Justice: Md. Muzammel Hossain

help producers of goods and services, exporters,

and importers conduct their business.
International Monetary Fund - an organization of 188
countries, working to foster global monetary
cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate
international trade, promote high employment and
sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty
around the world.
United Nations - is an intergovernmental
organization established on 24 October 1945 to
promote international co-operation.

g. SRI LANKA - (Unitary Semi-Presidential

Constitutional Republic)
President: Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister: D.M. Jayaratne

III. ECONOMIC INFORMATION

CURRENCIES IN SOUTH ASIA
COUNTRY

CURRENCY

CONVERSION
TO PH PESO

Speaker of the Parliament: Chamal Rajapaksa

Chief Justice: Mojan Peiris
h. MALDIVES - (Unitary Presidential Constitutional
Republic)
President: Abdulla Yameen
Vice President: Mohamed Jameel Ahmed
Speaker: Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan

Afghan afghani
Bangladeshi taka
Bhutanese

1.26825 AFN
1.77 BDT
1.38 BTN

India

ngultrum
Indian rupee

1.38 INR

Chief Justice: Ahmed Faiz

Maldives
Nepal

Maldivian rufiyaa
Nepalese rupee

0.35 MVR
2.24 NPR

Pakistan
Sri Lanka

Pakistani rupee
Sri Lankan rupee

2.31 PKR
2.97 LKR

2. REGIONAL AND OTHER POLITICAL OR

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
a. REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH ASIA
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) - an economic and geopolitical
organization of the countries in South Asia.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH ASIA

Agriculture
Mining
Steel Manufacturing
Garment Industry
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical
Fisheries
Ship building
and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) - is an
international organisation involving a group of
Tourism
Food Processing
countries in South Asia and South East Asia. These
Construction
Electricity
Pharmaceutical
are: Bangladesh,India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Labor Force

Bhutan and Nepal.

b. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOINED BY THE
SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES
Asian Development Bank - is a multilateral
finance institution that promotes economic
and social progress in the Asia-Pacific region.
Non-Aligned Movement - is a group of states

CURRENT STATISTICS

2013

IN
POVERTY

which are not formally aligned with or against

any major power bloc and is founded by

India.
East-Asia Summit - is a forum held annually
by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East
Asian region.
World Trade Organization - The only global
international organization dealing with the
rules of trade between nations. The goal is to

AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
INDIA
MALDIVES
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA

35.80%
50%
N/A
29%
N/A
42%
33%
25%

PER
CAPITA
INCOME($)
200
430
670
620
2,510
260
300
1,010

GDP
GROWTH
RATE
4.2
6
5
5
3.7
3.8
6.1
7.3

GDP
($BILLIONS)
20.72
129.9
1.884
1.877 T
2.3
19.29
236.6
67.18

INFLATION
RATE
7.60%
7.50%
7%
10.90%
2.30%
9%
7.70%
6.90%

IV.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

COUNTRY

POPULATION LITERACY
RATE

Afghanistan 31,280,518
Bangladesh 158,512,570
Bhutan
765,552
India
1,267,401,849
Maldives
351,572
28,120,740
Nepal
Pakistan
185,132,926
Sri Lanka
21,445,775
TOTAL: 1,693,011,502

V.

BIRTH
DEATH
LIFE
RATE
RATE
EXPECTANCY
(Births per (Death per
(in years)
1000
1000
population) population)
28.10%
38.84
14.12
50.49
57.70%
21.61
5.64
70.65
52.80%
18.12
6.78
68.98
74.40%
19.89
7.35
67.8
99%
15.59
3.84
75.15
66%
21.07
6.62
67.19
55%
23.19
6.58
67.05
91.20%
16.24
6.06
76.35
AVERAGE: AVERAGE:
AVERAGE:
AVERAGE:
65.5%
21.82
7.12
67.96

POPULATION
GROWTH
RATE (in %)

2.29%
1.60%
1.13%
1.25%
-0.09%
1.82%
1.49%
0.86%
AVERAGE:
1.29%

CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC INFORMATION

Ethno-Linguistic Groups
Indo-European
Dravidian
- (Predominant in Northern India, Bangladesh, -(Predominant in and the northern and eastern
Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives)
regions of Sri Lanka, and in Pakistan)
Tibeto-Burman
Munda
- (Predominant in Ladakh and Northeast India, Mon-Khmer
Nepal, Bhutan, and some parts of Bangladesh) Burushaski
A. Major Languages Spoken
Maldives-Dhivehi
India- English, Urdu and Hindi
Nepal-Nepali
Pakistan- Punjabi, Sindhi, Pathon,
Urdu, Baloch, English and others
Sri Lanka-Sinhala and Tamil
Bangladesh-Bengali
Bhutan- Bhutanese (Dzongkha)
Afghanistan-Pashto and Dari-Persian

B. Religion
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Sikhism
Christianity
Jainism
Tribal Groups

C. Major Institutions of Higher Learning

Climate Action Network South Asia (CAN)-aims to limit human-induced climate change
to ecologically sustainable levels. (Headquarters-Bangladesh)
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) - studies regional issues in South Asia.
Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and
Metabolic Disorders( BIRDEM)- first of its kind outside Europe
Bhabba Atomic Research Center (India)- specializes in Nuclear Science and Engineering
Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI-Nepal)- One of the biggest and most
diversified group of technology laboratories in the world.

VI.

OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION

When Sri Lankans say yes, they dont nod their
heads up and down but rather waggle it from
side to side, so it looks as if they are saying no
instead.
In a push to modernize, the King of Bhutan
finally allowed television and internet access
into the country in 1999. Bhutan was among
the last countries in the world to adopt
television. The king warned that misuse of
television could corrupt their old traditions.

Taj Mahal (Crown Palace- India)

Built by in memory of his wife and
queen Mumtaz Mahal
Mausoleum - Queen Mumtaz Mahal & Shah
Jahan
Diwali (Festival of Lights - India)
5 day festival that represents the start of
the Hindu New Year
Lights are said to represent the victory of
good over evil
Nau Roz (Afghanistan)
Islamic New Year
Farmers express gratitude and joy for
abundant produce
Buzkashi
Afghanistan's national game is goat-grabbing.
Players in two teams try to catch a goat while
riding on a horse. It has been played for
centuries.
Mount Everest (Nepal) or Chomolangma which means
Goddess Mother of Snows or "Mother of the
Universe" in Nepalese. The mountain is higher than 21
Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other.

Nepal is home to one of the few places on

earth where you can see both the Bengal
tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros.
VII.

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