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Bangladesh
Travel Guide
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| Climate
Warm
temperatures are found year-round throughout
Bangladesh, with not much change, although January
seems to be the coolest month (66° F/19° C) while
May tends to be the warmest (84° F/ 29° C).
Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon climate, with most
of the rainfall for the year occurring during the
monsoon period. The average precipitation
ranges from as much as 200 inches (5,080 mm)
to as little as 55 inches (1,400 mm).
Monsoon
season lasts from May to October, with destructive
cyclones occurring from April to May and again from
September to November. The cyclones cause many
deaths and a lot of destruction, particularly with
the surging waves that come along with them.
One of the worst natural disasters of the 20th
century was caused by a cyclone that struck
Bangladesh in November 1970. In this storm
about 500,000 people died, while in 1991, over
120,000 people died when a cyclone struck the Ganges
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| Republic
of Bangladesh |
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Anthem: Amar
Shonar Bangla
My Golden Bangla
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Capital
(and
largest city) |
Dhaka
23°42′N
90°21′E
/ 23.7°N
90.35°E
/ 23.7; 90.35 |
| Official
language(s) |
Bengali |
| Demonym |
Bangladeshi |
| Government |
Parliamentary
republic, Unitary
state[1] |
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President |
Zillur
Rahman |
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Prime
Minister |
Sheikh
Hasina Wazed |
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Speaker |
Ad.Abdul
Hamid |
| Independence |
from Pakistan |
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Declared |
March 26, 1971 |
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Victory
Day |
December 16, 1971 |
| Area |
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Total |
147,570 km2 (94th)
55,599 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
6.9 |
| Population |
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2009 estimate |
162,221,000[2] (7th) |
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Density |
1,099.3/km2 (9th)
2,917.6/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2009 estimate |
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Total |
$241.295 billion[3] |
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Per
capita |
$1,465[3] |
| GDP
(nominal) |
2009 estimate |
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Total |
$94.507 billion[3] |
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Per
capita |
$624[3] |
| Gini (2000) |
33.4 (medium) |
| HDI (2007) |
▲
0.543[4] (medium) (146th) |
| Currency |
Taka
(BDT) |
| Time
zone |
BST
(UTC+6) |
| Drives
on the |
left |
| Internet
TLD |
.bd |
| Calling
code |
880 |
| 1 |
Adjusted
population, p.4, |
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