 Bangladesh
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
24 00 N, 90 00 E |
| Area |
total: 144,000 sq km land: 133,910 sq km water: 10,090 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
| Terrain |
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast |
| Population |
150,448,339 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English |
| Imports |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement |
| Exports |
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood (2001) |
| Hazards |
droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| Resources |
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
| Geography |
most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal |
| Nationality |
noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi |
| Capital |
name: Dhaka geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.bd |
| Internet Users |
300,000 (2005) |
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