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| BANGLADESHI TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Air transport, passengers carried
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1,634,473
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[72nd of 164]
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Aircraft departures
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6,500 |
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[107th of 155]
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Airports
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16 |
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[146th of 247]
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Container port traffic
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900,983 TEU
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[50th of 63]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Left side |
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Highways > Paved
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19,773 km |
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[29th of 113]
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Highways > Total
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207,486 km |
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[13th of 118]
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Motor vehicles
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2 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[127th of 134]
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Pipelines
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gas 2,644 km |
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Ports and harbors Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj |
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Ports and terminals
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Chittagong, Mongla Port |
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Railways > Total
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2,768 km |
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[58th of 220]
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Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
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896 million ton-km
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[69th of 84]
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Roads, total network > km
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239,226 km
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[13th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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22,726 km |
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[27th of 81]
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Roadways > Total
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239,226 km |
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[10th of 85]
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Transportation > Note 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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Vehicle abundance
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0.97 per square km |
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[103rd of 141]
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Waterways
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8,370 km |
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[8th of 165]
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Waterways > A note includes 3,058 km main cargo routes |
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh
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