Bangladesh Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Bangladesh with its capital Dhaka is located in Asia (Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal). It covers some 144,001 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Iowa) with 153,546,000 citizens. Bengali and English are the the languages spoken by people in Bangladesh. It is charing borders with Myanmar and India.

Bangladesh is in South Asia sometimes converging with Southeast Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal to the south, mostly surrounded by India. Bangladesh has a sub tropical monsoon climate. The country is primarily a low-lying plain of about 144,000 km2, situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas. Local Bangladeshi buses are generally crowded, often to the extent of people riding on the bus steps (entrance) and sometimes even the roof. The state run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation [32] (BRTC) buses usually fall into this category. Avoid all of the low cost buses - they are easy to spot by their poor condition. There are daily fatal accidents involving them. Driving in Bangladesh is not for the faint hearted - the road network is fairly good, but dodging irrational bus drivers and weaving in and out of rickshaws isn't easy on the nerves. Bangladesh as a vacation land has many facets. Her tourist attractions include archaeological sites, historic mosques and monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forest and wildlife. Bangladesh is a fish lover's paradise. Traditionally most of the country lives off of the once-bountiful fresh-water river fish, especially the officially designated national fish hilsa. Nightlife in Bangladesh is nearly non-existent. Being a Muslim country, alcohol is frowned upon and found mostly in the international clubs and pricier restaurants in Dhaka and in some restaurants in tourist centers like Cox's Bazar.

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About Bangladesh

The terrain offers mostly flat alluvial plain having hilly in southeast. The average density of population is about 1,066 per km². The climate in Bangladesh can be described as tropical with mild winter (October to March), hot, humid summer (March to June), humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October). Possible natural disasters include droughts or cyclones or much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season.

To reach someone in Bangladesh dial +880 prior to a number. There are 1,522,000 installed telephones. And there are 50,400,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".bd". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 6 regions/states in Bangladesh we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Bangladeshi population grew at a rate of 1.27% (or by 2,015,339 citizens). With 1,435,238 deaths and 3,761,967 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.47%. -311,390 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Bangladesh: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.