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Geography Categories
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BangladeshTransportation
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Railways:
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total: 2,706 km
broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2004) | |
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, Mongla Port | |
Merchant marine:
| total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 319,897 GRT/440,575 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 28, container 6, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 10 (China 1, Singapore 9)
registered in other countries: 14 (2005) | |
Airports:
| 16 (2004 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.) |
More about Bangladesh:
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