The Country
The People's Republic of Bangladesh

Geographical Location
In South Asia

Area
1,47,570 square km.
Territorial waters-12 nautical mile.

Capital City
Dhaka

Standard Time
GMT plus 6 hours

Climate
Sub-tropical monsoon

Food
Staple diet rice, vegetable, pulses and fish

Principal Crops
Rice, Wheat, Jute, Tea, Tobacco and Sugarcane

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, etc.

Vegetation
Grassland, mixed evergreen and
evergreen

Population
111.5 million (1991 census).
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)

Data Source:

1. Export Promotion Bureau Bangladesh (July-December 1999-2000)

Dhaka The Capital City