The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">      :Baker Island Economy

      Overview: no economic activity

      :Baker Island Communications

      Ports:

       none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the

       west coast

       Airports:

       1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m

       Telecommunications:

       there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

      :Baker Island Defense Forces

      Note:

       defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast

       Guard

      :Bangladesh Geography

      Total area:

       144,000 km2

       Land area:

       133,910 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Wisconsin

       Land boundaries:

       4,246 km total; Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

       Coastline:

       580 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       18 nm

       Continental shelf:

       up to outer limits of continental margin

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       a portion of the boundary with India is in dispute; water sharing problems

       with upstream riparian India over the Ganges

       Climate:

       tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to

       June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October)

       Terrain:

       mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast

       Natural resources:

       natural gas, uranium, arable land, timber

       Land use:

       arable land 67%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 4%; forest and

       woodland 16%; other 11%; includes irrigated 14%

       Environment:

       vulnerable to droughts; much of country routinely flooded during summer

       monsoon season; overpopulation; deforestation

       Note:

       almost completely surrounded by India

      :Bangladesh People

      Population:

       119,411,711 (July 1992), growth rate 2.4% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       36 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       112 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       55 years male, 54 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.6 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Bangladeshi(s); adjective - Bangladesh

       Ethnic divisions:

       Bengali 98%, Biharis 250,000, and tribals less than 1 million

       Religions:

       Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, Buddhist, Christian, and other less than 1%

       Languages:

       Bangla (official), English widely used

       Literacy:

       35% (male 47%, female 22%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       35,100,000; agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86);

       extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)

       Organized labor:

       3% of labor force belongs to 2,614 registered unions (1986 est.)

      :Bangladesh Government

      Long-form name:

       People's Republic of Bangladesh

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       Dhaka

       Administrative divisions:

       64 districts (zillagulo, singular - zilla); Bagerhat, Bandarban, Barguna,

       Barisal, Bhola, Bogra, Brahmanbaria, Chandpur, Chapai Nawabganj, Chattagram,

       Chuadanga, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Feni, Gaibandha,

       Gazipur, Gopalganj, Habiganj, Jaipurhat, Jamalpur, Jessore, Jhalakati,

       Jhenaidah, Khagrachari, Khulna, Kishorganj, Kurigram, Kushtia, Laksmipur,

       Lalmonirhat, Madaripur, Magura, Manikganj, Meherpur, Moulavibazar,

       Munshiganj, Mymensingh, Naogaon, Narail, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Nator,

       Netrakona, Nilphamari, Noakhali, Pabna, Panchagar, Parbattya Chattagram,

       Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Rajbari, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Satkhira, Shariyatpur,

       Sherpur, Sirajganj, Sunamganj, СКАЧАТЬ