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BDT

      Exchange rates:

       taka per US dollar - 58.15 (2003), 57.888 (2002), 55.8067 (2001),

       52.1417 (2000), 49.0854 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Bangladesh

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       740,000 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1.365 million (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: totally inadequate for a modern country

       domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems

       include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some

       fiber-optic cable in cities

       international: country code - 880; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international radiotelephone communications

       and landline service to neighboring countries (2000)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)

      Radios:

       6.15 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       15 (1999)

      Televisions:

       770,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bd

      Internet hosts:

       1 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       10 (2000)

      Internet users:

       243,000 (2003)

      Transportation Bangladesh

      Railways:

       total: 2,706 km

       broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 207,486 km

       paved: 19,773 km

       unpaved: 187,713 km (1999)

      Waterways: 8,372 km note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,012 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj

      Merchant marine:

       total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 319,897 GRT/440,575 DWT

       by type: bulk 2, cargo 24, container 10, passenger 1, petroleum

       tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1

       foreign-owned: China 1, Singapore 9

       registered in other countries: 10 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       16 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 15 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 6 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Bangladesh

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 39,523,128 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 23,441,482 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $606.8 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.2% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Bangladesh

      Disputes - international:

       discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small section of

       river boundary, exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in both countries,

       allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-border trade,

       migration, and violence; Bangladesh protests India's attempts to

       fence off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; dispute with

       India over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of

       Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; Burmese Muslim

       refugees strain Bangladesh's meager resources

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

       IDPs: 61,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution) (2004)

      Illicit drugs:

       transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Barbados

      Introduction Barbados

      Background:

       The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in

       1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island

       until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily

       dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the

       20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political

       reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the

       UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the

       sugar industry in economic importance.

      Geography Barbados

      Location:

       Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of

       Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates:

       13 10 N, 59 32 W

      Map references:

       Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

       total: 431 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 431 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

       0 km

      Coastline:

       97 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

       tropical; rainy season (June to October)

      Terrain:

       relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m

      Natural resources:

      

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