| | Geographic Coordinates: | 20 00 N, 77 00 E | | Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan | | Area: | total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than one-third the size of the US | | Land boundaries: | total: 14,103 km
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 | | Coastline: | 7,000 km | | Terrain: | upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m | | Capital: | 28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal |
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