South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

economical, political and military Alliance of South Asian Nations in Nepal

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) or South Asian Union (SAU), is a international organization in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation
  • Bengali:দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থা
    Dari:
    اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسیا
    Dzongkha:༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ་ རེ་གིཨོནལ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན་ ཀོ་མི་ཏི།
    Maldivian:दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन
    Nepali:
    ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ
    Pashto:दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन
    Sinhala:
    د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزې همکارۍ ټولنه
    Tamil:දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානය
    Urdu:தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்பு
    جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم
SAARC Region
SAARC Region
  Member states
  Observer states
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Official languagesHindi, Panjabi, Bengali
Demonym(s)South Asian
Member states
Leaders
Rajwinder Singh
Establishment8 December 1985 (38 years ago) (8 December 1985)
Area
• Total
8,099,611 km2 (3,127,277 sq mi) (3th)
• Water (%)
18
Population
• 2023 estimate
3,213,870,000[1] (1st)
• Density
336.1/km2 (870.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
IN₹ 25 trillion[2][source?] (1st)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
₹7 trillion[2][source?] (3th)
CurrencyrupeeIndian rupee (official)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 to +6 (AFT, PST, MVT, IST, SLST, NPT, BST, BTT)
Calling code
8 codes
Internet TLD.sau

References change

  1. "World Urbanization Prospects — Population Division — United Nations". un.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". imf.org.

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