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World Gazetteer Results for Jam�?lpūr:
NameJam�?lpūr
Alternate NamesJamalpur
Geographical TypeZila
Population2260905
CountryBangladesh
Dictionary Results for Bangladesh:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Bangladesh
    n 1: a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the
         north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south;
         formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it
         achieved independence in 1971 [syn: Bangladesh, People's
         Republic of Bangladesh, Bangla Desh, East Pakistan]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bangladesh \Bangladesh\ prop. n.
   An independent Asian country on teh Bay of Bengal that was
   once part of India and then part of Pakistan (called East
   Pakistan).

   Syn: Bangla Desh, East Pakistan.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Bangladesh

   Introduction Bangladesh
   -----------------------
                              Background: Bangladesh came into existence in
                                          1971 when Bengali East Pakistan
                                          seceded from its union with West
                                          Pakistan. About a third of this
                                          extremely poor country floods
                                          annually during the monsoon rainy
                                          season, hampering economic
                                          development.
  
   Geography Bangladesh
   --------------------
                              Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of
                                        Bengal, between Burma and India
                Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 90 00 E
                        Map references: Asia
                                  Area: total: 144,000 sq km
                                        land: 133,910 sq km
                                        water: 10,090 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Iowa
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,246 km
                                        border countries: Burma 193 km,
                                        India 4,053 km
                             Coastline: 580 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 18 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: up to the outer
                                        limits of the continental margin
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: tropical; mild winter (October to
                                        March); hot, humid summer (March to
                                        June); humid, warm rainy monsoon
                                        (June to October)
                               Terrain: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in
                                        southeast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
                     Natural resources: natural gas, arable land, timber,
                                        coal
                              Land use: arable land: 60.7%
                                        permanent crops: 2.61%
                                        other: 36.69% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 38,440 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: droughts, cyclones; much of the
                                        country routinely inundated during
                                        the summer monsoon season
          Environment - current issues: many people are landless and forced
                                        to live on and cultivate flood-prone
                                        land; water-borne diseases prevalent
                                        in surface water; water pollution,
                                        especially of fishing areas, results
                                        from the use of commercial
                                        pesticides; ground water
                                        contaminated by naturally occurring
                                        arsenic; intermittent water
                                        shortages because of falling water
                                        tables in the northern and central
                                        parts of the country; soil
                                        degradation and erosion;
                                        deforestation; severe overpopulation
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Environmental
                                        Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
                                        of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: most of the country is situated on
                                        deltas of large rivers flowing from
                                        the Himalayas: the Ganges unites
                                        with the Jamuna (main channel of the
                                        Brahmaputra) and later joins the
                                        Meghna to eventually empty into the
                                        Bay of Bengal
  
   People Bangladesh
   -----------------
                            Population: 133,376,684 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.8% (male 23,069,242;
                                        female 21,995,457)
                                        15-64 years: 62.8% (male 42,924,778;
                                        female 40,873,077)
                                        65 years and over: 3.4% (male
                                        2,444,314; female 2,069,816) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.59% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 25.12 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 8.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1.18 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.05 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 68.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.92 years
                                        female: 60.74 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 61.08 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.02% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 13,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Bangladeshi(s)
                                        adjective: Bangladeshi
                         Ethnic groups: Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-
                                        Bengali Muslims (1998)
                             Religions: Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1%
                                        (1998)
                             Languages: Bangla (official, also known as
                                        Bengali), English
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 56%
                                        male: 63%
                                        female: 49% (2000 est.)
  
   Government Bangladesh
   ---------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: People's
                                        Republic of Bangladesh
                                        conventional short form: Bangladesh
                                        former: East Pakistan
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Dhaka
              Administrative divisions: 5 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong,
                                        Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi; note -
                                        there may be one additional division
                                        named Sylhet
                          Independence: 16 December 1971 (from West
                                        Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is
                                        the date of independence from West
                                        Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known
                                        as Victory Day and commemorates the
                                        official creation of the state of
                                        Bangladesh
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 26 March (1971);
                                        note - 26 March 1971 is the date of
                                        independence from West Pakistan, 16
                                        December 1971 is Victory Day and
                                        commemorates the official creation
                                        of the state of Bangladesh
                          Constitution: 4 November 1972, effective 16
                                        December 1972, suspended following
                                        coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10
                                        November 1986, amended many times
                          Legal system: based on English common law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President A. Q. M.
                                        Badruddoza CHOWDHURY (since 12
                                        November 2001); note - the
                                        president's duties are normally
                                        ceremonial, but with the 13th
                                        amendment to the constitution
                                        ("Caretaker Government Amendment"),
                                        the president's role becomes
                                        significant at times when Parliament
                                        is dissolved and a caretaker
                                        government is installed - at
                                        presidential direction - to
                                        supervise the elections
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Khaleda ZIA (since 10 October 2001)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet selected by the
                                        prime minister and appointed by the
                                        president
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        National Parliament for a five-year
                                        term; election last held 1 October
                                        2001 (next to be held by NA October
                                        2006); following legislative
                                        elections, the leader of the party
                                        that wins the most seats is usually
                                        appointed prime minister by the
                                        president
                                        election results: A. Q. M.
                                        Badruddoza CHOWDHURY elected
                                        president without opposition;
                                        percent of National Parliament vote
                                        - NA%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Parliament or
                                        Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats elected by
                                        popular vote from single territorial
                                        constituencies (the constitutional
                                        amendment reserving 30 seats for
                                        women over and above the 300 regular
                                        parliament seats expired in May
                                        2001); members serve five-year terms
  
                                        elections: last held 1 October 2001
                                        (next to be held before October
                                        2006)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - BNP and alliance partners
                                        46%, AL 42%; seats by party - BNP
                                        201, AL 62, JI 18, JP (Ershad
                                        faction) 14, IOJ 2, JP (Naziur) 1,
                                        other 4; note - the election of
                                        October 2001 brought a majority BNP
                                        government aligned with three other
                                        smaller parties - Jamaat-i-Islami,
                                        Islami Oikya Jote, and Jatiya Party
                                        (Naziur)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (the chief justices
                                        and other judges are appointed by
                                        the president)
         Political parties and leaders: Awami League or AL [Sheikh HASINA];
                                        Bangladesh Communist Party or BCP
                                        [Saifuddin Ahmed MANIK]; Bangladesh
                                        Nationalist Party or BNP [Khaleda
                                        ZIA, chairperson]; Islami Oikya Jote
                                        or IOJ [Mufti Fazlul Haq AMINI];
                                        Jamaat-E-Islami or JI [Motiur Rahman
                                        NIZAMI]; Jatiya Party or JP (Ershad
                                        faction) [Hussain Mohammad ERSHAD];
                                        Jatiya Party (Manzur faction) [
                                        [Naziur Rahman MANZUR]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77,
                         participation: IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
                                        IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
                                        ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC,
                                        OPCW, SAARC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMEE,
                                        UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG,
                                        UNTAET, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ahmad
                                        Tariq KARIM
                                        consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
                                        and New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 244-5366
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 244-0183
                                        chancery: 3510 International Drive
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Mary
                                    US: Ann PETERS
                                        embassy: Madani Avenue, Baridhara,
                                        Dhaka
                                        mailing address: G. P. O. Box 323,
                                        Dhaka 1000
                                        telephone: [880] (2) 8824700 through
                                        8824722
                                        FAX: [880] (2) 8823744
                      Flag description: green with a large red disk slightly
                                        to the hoist side of center; the red
                                        sun of freedom represents the blood
                                        shed to achieve independence; the
                                        green field symbolizes the lush
                                        countryside, and secondarily, the
                                        traditional color of Islam
  
   Economy Bangladesh
   ------------------
                    Economy - overview: Despite sustained domestic and
                                        international efforts to improve
                                        economic and demographic prospects,
                                        Bangladesh remains a poor,
                                        overpopulated, and ill-governed
                                        nation. Although more than half of
                                        GDP is generated through the service
                                        sector, nearly two-thirds of
                                        Bangladeshis are employed in the
                                        agriculture sector, with rice as the
                                        single most important product. Major
                                        impediments to growth include
                                        frequent cyclones and floods,
                                        inefficient state-owned enterprises,
                                        inadequate port facilities, a
                                        rapidly growing labor force that
                                        cannot be absorbed by agriculture,
                                        delays in exploiting energy
                                        resources (natural gas),
                                        insufficient power supplies, and
                                        slow implementation of economic
                                        reforms. Economic reform is stalled
                                        in many instances by political
                                        infighting and corruption at all
                                        levels of government. Progress also
                                        has been blocked by opposition from
                                        the bureaucracy, public sector
                                        unions, and other vested interest
                                        groups. The newly-elected BNP
                                        government, led by Prime Minister
                                        Khaleda ZIA, has the parliamentary
                                        strength to push through needed
                                        reforms, but the party's level of
                                        political will to do so remains
                                        undetermined.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $230
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 5.6% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,750
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 30%
                                        industry: 18%
                                        services: 52% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 35.6% (FY95/96 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 3.9%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 33.6 (1995-96)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.8% (2000 est.)
                           Labor force: 64.1 million (1998)
                                        note: extensive export of labor to
                                        Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman,
                                        Qatar, and Malaysia; workers'
                                        remittances estimated at $1.71
                                        billion in 1998-99
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 63%, services 26%,
                                        industry 11% (FY95/96)
                     Unemployment rate: 35% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $4.9 billion
                                        expenditures: $6.8 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY99/00 est.)
                            Industries: cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea
                                        processing, paper newsprint, cement,
                                        chemical fertilizer, light
                                        engineering, sugar
     Industrial production growth rate: 6.2% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 13.493 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 92.45%
                                        hydro: 7.55%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 12.548 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane,
                                        potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds,
                                        spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
                               Exports: $6.6 billion (2001)
                 Exports - commodities: garments, jute and jute goods,
                                        leather, frozen fish and seafood
                    Exports - partners: US 31.8%, Germany 10.9%, UK 7.9%,
                                        France 5.2%, Netherlands 5.2%, Italy
                                        4.42% (2000)
                               Imports: $8.7 billion (2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals,
                                        iron and steel, textiles, raw
                                        cotton, food, crude oil and
                                        petroleum products, cement
                    Imports - partners: India 10.5%, EU 9.5%, Japan 9.5%,
                                        Singapore 8.5%, China 7.4% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $17 billion (2000)
              Economic aid - recipient: $1.575 billion (2000 est.)
                              Currency: taka (BDT)
                         Currency code: BDT
                        Exchange rates: taka per US dollar - 57.756 (January
                                        2002), 55.807 (2001), 52.142 (2000),
                                        49.085 (1999), 46.906 (1998), 43.892
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
  
   Communications Bangladesh
   -------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 500,000 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 283,000 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: totally
                                        inadequate for a modern country
                                        domestic: modernizing; introducing
                                        digital systems; trunk systems
                                        include VHF and UHF microwave radio
                                        relay links, and some fiber-optic
                                        cable in cities
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian
                                        Ocean); international radiotelephone
                                        communications and landline service
                                        to neighboring countries (2000)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)
                                Radios: 6.15 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 15 (1999)
                           Televisions: 770,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .bd
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 (2000)
                        Internet users: 30,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Bangladesh
   -------------------------
                              Railways: total: 2,745 km
                                        broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge
                                        narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge
                                        (2000 est.)
                              Highways: total: 201,182 km
                                        paved: 19,112 km
                                        unpaved: 182,070 km (1997)
                             Waterways: up to 8,046 km depending on season
                                        note: includes 3,058 km main cargo
                                        routes
                             Pipelines: natural gas 1,250 km
                     Ports and harbors: Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port,
                                        Narayanganj (2001)
                       Merchant marine: total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 269,932 GRT/379,271 DWT
                                        ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 26,
                                        container 3, petroleum tanker 2,
                                        refrigerated cargo 1, includes s
                                        foreign-owned ship registered here
                                        as a flag of convenience: Singapore
                                        5 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 18 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 15
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 5 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 2 (2001)
  
   Military Bangladesh
   -------------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard,
                                        paramilitary forces (includes
                                        Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh
                                        Ansars, Village Defense Parties,
                                        Armed Police Battalions, National
                                        Cadet Corps)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 37,303,372 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 22,139,736 (2002
                               service: est.)
         Military expenditures - dollar $559 million (FY96/97)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.8% (FY96/97)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Bangladesh
   -------------------------------
              Disputes - international: only a small portion of the boundary
                                        with India remains undelimited;
                                        discussions to demarcate the
                                        boundary, exchange 162 miniscule
                                        enclaves, and allocate divided
                                        villages remain stalled; skirmishes,
                                        illegal border trafficking, and
                                        violence along the border continue;
                                        Bangladesh has protested India's
                                        attempts to fence off high traffic
                                        sections of the porous boundary;
                                        Burmese attempts to construct a dam
                                        on the border stream in 2001
                                        prompted an armed response halting
                                        construction; Burmese Muslim
                                        refugees migrate into Bangladesh
                                        straining meager resources
                         Illicit drugs: transit country for illegal drugs
                                        produced in neighboring countries
  
                                       



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