LAND
Area
3,165,596 sq km
(1,222,243 sq mi)

Highest Point
Kanchenjunga
8598 m (28,208 ft)
above sea level
Lowest Point
sea level

CLIMATE
Average Temperatures
New Delhi
January 14° C 57° F
July 31° C 89° F
Bombay
January 24° C 75° F
July 27° C 81° F
Average Annual Precipitation
Delhi
640 mm (25 in)
Bombay
1810 mm (71 in)
Sources:
Europa World Year Book 1994
Rand McNally World Atlas
Statesman's Year-Book 1994-95
World Weather Guide

India, officially Republic of India (Hindi Bharat), country in southern Asia and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, situated in the subcontinent of India and comprising, with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the 17 territories formerly included in British India and the native states of India. India consists geographically of the entire Indian Peninsula and portions of the Asian mainland. It is bounded on the north by Afghanistan, China, Nepal, and Bhutan; on the east by Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), and the Bay of Bengal; on the south by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar (which separate it from Sri Lanka) and the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Arabian Sea and Pakistan. Including the portion of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India but disputed by Pakistan, India has an area of 3,165,596 sq km (1,222,243 sq mi). The capital of India is New Delhi, and the country's largest city is Bombay .

*Pictures of Indea contrbuted by Todd Gerlach