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Bangladesh Transportation 2013
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SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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Page last updated on February 14, 2013

Airports:
18 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 2
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2012)

Heliports:
3 (2012)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 2,714 km (2010)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 2,622 km
country comparison to the world: 64
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 21,269 km
country comparison to the world: 105
paved: 1,063 km
unpaved: 20,206 km (2010)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; the network is reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 62
country comparison to the world: 64
by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 28, chemical tanker 1, container 5, petroleum tanker 3
foreign-owned: 8 (China 1, Singapore 7)
registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 1, Hong Kong 1, Panama 5, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 1) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
Chittagong, Mongla Port

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh remain a high risk for armed robbery against ships; attacks against vessels increased in 2010 for the second consecutive year; 23 commercial vessels were attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen


NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Transportation 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Transportation 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.


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