Banglasdesh – Facts
Official Name: People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Capital: Dhaka
Time Zone: Central European Time (CET) plus 5 hours
Climate: subtropical monsoon climate
Geography: in southern Asia, between 20°34' and 26°38' northern latitude and between 88°01 and 92°41' eastern longitude; fertile alluvial plains
Borders:
North: India (West Bengal and Meghalaya)
West: India (West Bengal)
East: India (Tripura and Assam) and Myanmar
South: Bay of Bengal
Area: 148,393 km²
Territorial Waters: 12 sea miles
Average Temperatures:
Winter (Nov. – Feb.): maximum 29°C, minimum 9°C. Summer (Apr. – Sep.): maximum 34°C, minimum 21°C.
Rain: 120-345 cm (average during monsoon season)
Air Humidity: highest in July (99%), lowest in December (36%)
Food: staple food rice, vegetables, pulses and fish
Crops: rice, wheat, jute, tea, tobacco and sugar cane
Most important rivers: Ganges/Padma, Brahmaputra/Jamuna, Meghna, Karnaphuli, Teesta, in total 230 rivers with tributaries
Natural resources: natural gas, limestone, stone coal, brown coal, quartz sand, white clay, radioactive sand, etc. (very likely also oil reservoirs).
Vegetation: grass land, partly evergreen and evergreen vegetation
Population: ca. 155 Million
Population Density: 964 residents per km2
Literacy rate: 52%
Ethnic groups: primarily mixed groups of Proto-Australoids/ Dravidians, Mongolians and Indogermanics
Language: 95% Bangla, 5% other languages, English is common
Religion: Muslims (88,3%), Hindus (10,5%), Buddhists (0,6%), Christians (0,3%), followers of natural and tribal religions (0,1%)
Export: 6585.85 Mill. Euro
Import: 4868.55 Mill. Euro
GDP: 49511.00 Mill. Euro
GDP Increase: 6.05 Procent
Labour Force: 58,5 Million
Das Projekt "Regen ist Hoffnung" errichtet Regenwassersammelanlagen für den Zugang zu sauberem Trinkwasser.
Das Projekt "Für eine Handvoll Reis" sichert die nachhaltige Existenz von Familien.
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