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/* WFB Large Rectangle */ google_ad_slot = "8137512903"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> Page last updated on February 15, <p><b><a href = "http://www.photius.com/wfb2001/airport_codes_alpha.html">Airports</a>:</b><br> 17 (2010) <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 142 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/airports_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Airports country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#airports_with_paved_runways">Airports - with paved runways:</a></b><br> <i>total:</i> 15 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/airports_with_paved_runways_total_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>over 3,047 m:</i> 2 <br><i>2,438 to 3,047 m:</i> 2 <br><i>1,524 to 2,437 m:</i> 6 <br><i>914 to 1,523 m:</i> 1 <br><i>under 914 m:</i> 4 (2010) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#airports_with_unpaved_runways">Airports - with unpaved runways:</a></b><br> <i>total:</i> 2 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/airports_with_unpaved_runways_total_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>1,524 to 2,437 m:</i> 1 <br><i>under 914 m:</i> 1 (2010) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/pipelines/world_oil_gas_and_products_pipelines.html">Pipelines:</a></b><br> gas 2,714 km (2010) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/pipelines_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Pipelines country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#railways">Railways:</a></b><br> <i>total:</i> 2,622 km <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 63 <br><i>broad gauge:</i> 946 km 1.676-m gauge <br><i>narrow gauge:</i> 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2010) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/railways_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Railways country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#roadways">Roadways:</a></b><br> <i>total:</i> 239,226 km <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 21 <br><i>paved:</i> 22,726 km <br><i>unpaved:</i> 216,500 km (2003) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/roadways_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Roadways country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#waterways">Waterways:</a></b><br> 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) (2007) <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 17 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/waterways_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Waterways country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.immigration-usa.com/world_fleet.html">Merchant marine</a>:</b><br> <i>total:</i> 50 <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 70 <br><i>by type:</i> bulk carrier 16, cargo 25, container 5, petroleum tanker 4 <br><i>foreign-owned:</i> 4 (China 1, Singapore 3) <br><i>registered in other countries:</i> 9 (Comoros 1, Malta 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 2) (2010) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/transportation/merchant_marine_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Merchant marine country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.photius.com/seaports">Ports and terminals</a>:</b><br> Chittagong, Mongla Port <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#transportation_note">Transportation - note:</a></b><br> 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 </font> <p> <p> <BR> <P> <font size = "-2"><B> NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 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