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Coordinates: 23°48′N 90°18′E / 23.8°N 90.3°E / 23.8; 90.3

Fowkrepublic o Bangladesh

  • গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (Bengali)
  • Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṃlādēśa
Anthem: "Amar Sonar Bangla" (Bengali)
"My Gowden Bengal"


Mairch: "Notuner Gaan"
"The Sang o Youth"[1]

Location o Bangladesh
Caipital
and largest city
Dhaka
23°42′N 90°21′E / 23.700°N 90.350°E / 23.700; 90.350
Offeecial leid
an naitional leid
Bengali[2]
Ethnic groups
Releegion
Demonym(s)Bangladeshi
GovrenmentUnitar pairlamentar republic
• Preses
Abdul Hamid
Waker-uz-Zaman
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Surendra Kumar Sinha
LegislaturJatiya Sangsad
14–15 August 1947
• Unthirldom declared frae Pakistan
26 March 1971
16 December 1971
4 November 1972
31 July 2015
Area
• Total
147,610[4] km2 (56,990 sq mi) (92nt)
• Water (%)
6.4
Population
• 2017 estimate
163,187,000[5] (8t)
• 2011 census
149,772,364[6] (8t)
• Density
1,106/km2 (2,864.5/sq mi) (10t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$686.598 billion[7] (33rd)
• Per capita
$4,207[7] (139t)
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$248.853 billion[7] (45t)
• Per capita
$1,524[7] (148t)
Gini (2010)32.1[8]
medium
HDI (2016)Increase 0.579[9]
medium · 139t
CurrencyTaka (৳) (BDT)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Date format
  • dd-mm-yyyy
  • BS দদ-মম-বববব (AC−594)
Drivin sideleft
Cawin code+880
ISO 3166 codeBD
Internet TLD.bd
.বাংলা
Territorial Organization

Bangladesh (pronounced /ˈbɑːŋɡlədɛʃ/ (deprecatit template) or /bæŋɡləˈdɛʃ/ ( listen); Bengali: বাংলাদেশ), offeecially the Fowkrepublic o Bangladesh (Bangla: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh) is a kintra in Sooth Asie. It is bordered bi Indie on aw sides except for a sma border wi Burma (Myanmar) tae the far sootheast an bi the Bay o Bengal tae the sooth. Thegither wi the Indian state o Wast Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region o Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Kintra o Bengal" in the offeecial Bengali leid.

References

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  1. ↑ "NATIONAL SYMBOLS→National march". Bangladesh Tourism Board. Bangladesh: Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. Archived frae the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017. In 13 January 1972, the ministry of Bangladesh has adopted this song as a national marching song on its first meeting after the country's independence.
  2. ↑ "Article 3. The state language". The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. Ministry of Law, The People's Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 Februar 2017.
  3. 1 2 "জানুন (Discover Bangladesh)" (in Bengali). National Web Portal of Bangladesh. Retrieved 13 Februar 2015.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh" IMF Population estimates.
  6. ↑ Data Archived 4 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.Census – Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Bangladesh". World Economic Outlook Database. IMF.
  8. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2015. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
  9. ↑ "Human Development Report 2016" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2017.