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Bangladesh
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Transportation
in Bangladesh
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Airports:
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17 (2010)
country
comparison to the world: 140 |
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Airports
- with paved runways:
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total: 15
over
3,047 m: 2
2,438 to
3,047 m: 2
1,524 to
2,437 m: 6
914 to
1,523 m: 1
under 914
m: 4
(2010)
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Airports
- with unpaved runways:
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total: 2
1,524 to
2,437 m: 1
under 914
m: 1
(2010)
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Pipelines:
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gas 2,597
km (2009)
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Railways:
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total: 2,768
km
country
comparison to the world: 61
broad
gauge: 946
km 1.676-m gauge
narrow
gauge: 1,822
km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
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Roadways:
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total: 239,226
km
country
comparison to the world: 21
paved: 22,726
km
unpaved: 216,500
km (2003)
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Waterways:
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8,370 km
country
comparison to the world: 17
note: includes
up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to
5,200 km in dry season (2007)
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Merchant marine:
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total: 50
country
comparison to the world: 70
by type: bulk
carrier 16, cargo 25, container 5, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 4
(China 1, Singapore 3)
registered in other
countries: 9
(Comoros 1, Malta 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 2) (2010)
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Ports and
terminals:
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Chittagong, Mongla
Port
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Transportation -
note:
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the International
Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of
Bangladesh as high risk for armed robbery against ships;
numerous commercial vessels have been attacked both at
anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and
stores or cargoes stolen
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