South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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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
9 observers:
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)
Currencyrupee • Indian rupee (official)
Time zoneUTC+4:30 to +6 (AFT, PST, MVT, IST, SLST, NPT, BST, BTT)
Calling code
8 codes
Internet TLD.sau
Website
saarc-sec.org

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.

References[change | change source]

  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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