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                                          BANGLADESH AT A GLANCE

    The Country                       
    The People's Republic of Bangladesh 
    Geographical Location
    In South Asia
    Area
    Total: 144,000 sq km, Land: 133,910 sq km, Water: 10,090 sq km       
    Territorial waters-12 nautical mile.                                                             National  flag
    Capital City
    Dhaka (Area 414 sq. km. Master plan 777 sq.km.)
   Standard Time
    GMT plus 6 hours
    Climate
    Tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); cool, rainyzmonsoon oo(June to October) 
    Food
    Staple diet rice, vegetable, pulses and fish
    Principal Crops
    Rice, Wheat, Jute, Tea, Tobacco and
    Sugarcane,Grassland, mixed evergreen and 
    evergreen
    Principal Rivers
    Ganges/Padma, Brahmaputra/Jamuna, 
    Meghna, Karnaphuli, Teesta etc.
    Mineral Resources
    Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal, 
    lignite, silica sand, white clay, 
    radioactive sand, oil,etc. 
    Population
    Total estimated population 130 million.
    Density-755 persons per sq. km. (1991 census).
    Literacy Rate (Adult)
    32.4 percent.
    Language
    99 percent Bangla, 1 percent other dialects,
    English is widely spoken 
    and understood.
    Religion
    Muslim (88.3 percent), 
    Hindu (10.5 percent), 
    Buddhist (0.6 percent), 
    Christian (0.3 percent) 
    and Animists and believers
    in tribal faiths (0.1 percent) 

    Climate Tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); cool, rainy   ozmonsoon (June to October)  

    Rainfall  Lowest 47" and highest 136"  

    Fruits  Mango, banana, pineapple, jack-fruit, water-melon, green coconut, guava, lichis, etc.   

    Major Industries

    Jute, sugar, paper, textiles, fertilizers, cigarette, cement, steel, natural gas, oil-refinery, newsprint, power       oogeneration, rayon, matches, fishing and food processing, leather, soap, carpet, timber, ship-building,     ootelephone, etc.  

    Airports

    Zia International Airport, Dhaka, 

    Chittagong International Airport, 

    Sylhet International Airport 

    and domestic airports at Jessore, Sylhet, Cox's Bazar, Rajshahi and Saidpur  

    Tourist Interests

    Longest sea beach, colorful tribal life, centuries' old archeological sites, the Sundarbans (home of the Royal  00Bengal Tigers and spotted deer), largest tea gardens, interesting riverine life, etc.