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President
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Mohammad Zillur Rahman |
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Prime Minister
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Sheikh Hasina Wazed |
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Capital
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Dhaka |
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Location
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Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India |
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Geographic
coordinates
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24 00 N, 90 00 E |
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Area
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Total: 143,998 sq km
Land : 130,168 sq km
Water : 13,830 sq km |
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Land
boundaries
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Total:4,246 km
border countries:Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km |
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Coastline
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580 km |
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Maritime claims
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Contagious
zone:18 nm
continental shelf:up to the outer limits of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone:200 nm
territorial sea:12nm |
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Climate
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Tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
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Terrain
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Mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast |
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Elevation
extremes
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Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m |
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Land use
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Arable land: 55.39%
Permanent crops: 3.08%
Other: 41.53% (2005) |
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Natural
resources
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Natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
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Irrigated
land
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47,250 sq km (approx.) |
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Total renewable water resources
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1,210.6 cu km |
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Natural hazards
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Droughts;
cyclones; much of the
country routinely
inundated during the
summer monsoon season
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Environment - current issues
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Many
people are landless and
forced to live on and
cultivate flood-prone
land; waterborne diseases
prevalent in surface
water; water pollution,
especially of fishing
areas, results from the
use of commercial
pesticides; ground water
contaminated by naturally
occurring arsenic;
intermittent water
shortages because of
falling water tables in
the northern and central
parts of the country; soil
degradation and erosion;
deforestation; severe
overpopulation
party
to: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate
Change-Kyoto
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Environment-international agreements
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Protocol,
Desertification,
Endangered Species,
Environmental
Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea,
Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed,
but not ratified: none
of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note
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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
158,570,535
(approx.)
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Population & its structure
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Age
structure:
0-14
years: 34.3%
(male 27,551,594/female
26,776,647)
15-64
years: 61.1%
(male 45,956,431/female
50,891,519)
65
years and over: 4.7%
(male 3,616,225/female
3,778,119) (2011) Population
growth rate: 1.566%
(approx.) |
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Birth rate
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22.98
births/1,000 population
(2011)
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Death rate
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5.75
deaths/1,000 population
(July 2011)
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Net migration rate
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-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011)
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Median
age
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Total: 22.9 years
Male: 22.4 years
female: 23.4
years (2010)
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