Bangladesh Facts

Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 90 00 E
Area:

* Total: 144,000 sq km
* Land: 133,910 sq km
* Water: 10,090 sq km

Area – comparative: slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries:

* Total: 4,246 km
* Border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Coastline: 580 km
Maritime claims:

* Contiguous zone: 18 nm
* Continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin
* Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
* Territorial sea: 12 nm

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
Elevation extremes:

* Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
* Highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

Natural resources: natural gas, arable land, timber
Land use:

* Arable land: 73%
* Permanent crops: 2%
* Permanent pastures: 5%
* Forests and woodland: 15%
* Other: 5%

Irrigated land: 31,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely flooded during the summer monsoon season