| Country
Profile |
| OFFICIAL
COUNTRY NAME |
The
People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| PRESIDENT |
Professor Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed |
| CHIEF ADVISER |
Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed |
| NATIONAL
FLAG |
The
flag consists of a red circle resting on a pruction green rectangular
background |
| NATIONAL
ANTHEM |
The
first ten lines of the song "Amar Sonar Bangla" by Rabindranath
Tagore. |
| NATIONAL
EMBLEM |
The
flower Shapla (Nampoea Nauchali) resting on water having on each
side a sheaf of paddy surmounted by the three connected leaves
of jute with two stars on each side of the leaves. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION |
It
lies between 20°34' and 26°38' north latitudes, 88°01'
and 92°41' east longitudes. |
| AREA |
1,47,570
square kilometers or 56,977 square miles. |
| UNIT
OF CURRENCY |
Taka
divided into 100 paisas. |
| TIME |
GMT
+ 6 hours. |
| MEJOR
CITIES |
Dhaka,
Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhel, Mymenshingh, Comilla, and
Barishal. |
| CLIMATE |
Average
winter temperature (Max 29°c, Min 11°c)
Average summer temparature (Max 40°c, Min 21°c). |
| POPULATION |
123.1
ml. as on January 2001 |
