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India Adoption
 Country & Culture
Country: Republic of India
Location: South Asia
Area: 1,222,559 sq mi (3,166,414 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 1,080,264,388
Capital: New Delhi.
Languages: Hindi, English
Religions: Hindu, Muslim.People/Ethnicity
Broadly speaking, the peoples of north-central and northwestern India tend to have affinities with European and Indo-European peoples from southern Europe, the Caucasus region, and Southwest and Central Asia. In northeastern India, West Bengal (to a lesser degree), the higher reaches of the western Himalayan region, and Ladakh (in the state of Jammu and Kashmir), much of the population more closely resembles Asiatic peoples to the north and east—notably Tibetans and Burmans.
Geography
India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometers, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan to the west: China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east.
Government
India is a multiparty federal republic with two legislative houses, Council of States and House of the People. Head of government is the Prime Minister.
Source: India. (2006). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 25, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111197
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