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World > Asia > Bangladesh
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Bangladesh |
Introduction:
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Europeans began to set up trading posts in the area of Bangladesh in the 16th century; eventually the British came to dominate the region and it became part of British India. In 1947, West Pakistan and East Bengal (both primarily Muslim) separated from India (largely Hindu) and jointly became the new country of Pakistan. East Bengal became East Pakistan in 1955, but the awkward arrangement of a two-part country with its territorial units separated by 1,600 km left the Bengalis marginalized and dissatisfied. East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan in 1971 and was renamed Bangladesh. About a third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the monsoon rainy season, hampering economic development.
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| Official name: |
People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| Capital: |
name: Dhaka
geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E
time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Government type: |
parliamentary democracy |
| Population: |
150,448,339 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages: |
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English |
| Official Currency: |
Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) |
| Currency code: |
BDT |
| Area: |
total: 144,000 sq km
land: 133,910 sq km
water: 10,090 sq km |
| Climate: |
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
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Map of Bangladesh
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