| COUNTRIES | Geographic.org | GEOLOGY | USA STATISTICS | CHINA STATS | COUNTRY CODES | AIRPORTS | RELIGION | JOBS |

Bangladesh Transportation 2009
https://geographic.org/wfb2009/bangladesh/bangladesh_transportation.html
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Custom Search
. Feedback


Bangladesh Transportation 2009
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK


Airports:
17 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 6 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2008)

Pipelines:
gas 2,597 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)

Waterways:
8,370 km
note: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2007)

Merchant marine:
total: 40
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 27, container 5, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 1 (China 1)
registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 2, Honduras 1, Malta 2, Panama 2, Singapore 2, Togo 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Chittagong, Mongla Port

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh as high risk for armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen


NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.






This page was last modified 10-Jun-09
Copyright © 1995-2020 ITA (all rights reserved).