Explore Bangladesh in Asia - Bangladesh Tourism Info

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 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 country consists of 6 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Bangladesh

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Bangladesh Tourism

National Tourism Organization
233 Airport Road
Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215
Bangladesh

Phone: +880 2 8119192
Fax: +880 2 8126501

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat

Situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat, at the meeting-point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as Khalifatabad, was founded by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan...

Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, Somapura Mahavira, or the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 12th century. Its layout...

The Sundarbans

The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Bangladesh is growing at an rate of 1.27% (or by 2,015,339 citizens). Each year 311,390 people leave this country (or 2.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.47%. Or an total increase of 2,326,729 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.