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Asia > Bangladesh > Geography

BANGLADESHI GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative 176
Area > Total 99 sq km [th of 248]
Area > Water 39 sq km [th of 237]
Capital city with population 29
Coastline 105 km [th of 249]
    (per capita) 184 km per 1 million people [th of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point 41
Forested Land 146% [th of 193]
Geography > Note 43
Irrigated land 9 sq km [th of 185]
    (per capita) 61 sq km per 1 million peo [th of 173]
Largest city 27
Largest city population 15 [th of 174]
Largest city with population 27
Location 43
Map references 41
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 12
Natural resources 41
Population density 11 people per sqkm [th of 256]
Terrain 40

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Highest point above sea level ; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh

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