| The Country |
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The people’s Republic of Bangladesh |
| Geographical location |
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South Asia; between 20 34 and 26 38 north latitude and between 88 01 and 92 41 east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land. |
| Boundaries |
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North – India (West Bengal Meghalaya)
West - India (West Bengal)
East- India (Tripura & Assam) & Mayanmar
South – Bay of Bangal |
| Area |
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147,570 square km. (Territorial water –12 nautical miles) |
| Capital City |
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Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km |
| Standard time |
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GMT+ 6 hours. |
| Climate |
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Sub-tropical monson.
Winter (November- February) temperature
average maximum 29 C, average minimum 11 C, Summer (March-June) temperature : average minimum 32 C, average minimum 21 C : Monsoon (July-October). |
| Rainfall |
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1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August) |
| Humidity |
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Highest :99 percent (July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January) |
| Population |
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131.27 Million ** |
| Population Growth Rate |
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1.48. percent ** |
| Population Density |
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938 Person per sq km ** |
| Total fertility rate |
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2.78 Children born/woman ** |
| Life expectancy |
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58.1 years** |
| Mortality rate |
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54.1 per cent ** |
| Adult literacy rate |
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62 Per sent (15 years +)** |
| Language |
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95 percent Bangla and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken. |
| Religion |
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Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christain (0.3%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%) |
| Food |
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Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat. |
| Mineral resources |
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Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal,
Lignite, silica sand white clay, radio active
Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of
oil deposit) |
| Human resources |
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A substantial manpower reserve, trained From 21 public government and technical University along with 48 Private University 18 media. |
| Skilled |
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Engineers, technicians, physicians economists, Accountants, administrative and managerial, personal abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and Youthful l abourforce. |
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