Bangladesh |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
500,000 (2000) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
283,000 (2000) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)
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| Television
broadcast stations |
15 (1999) |
| Internet
country code |
.bd |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
10 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
150,000 (2002) |
| Railways |
total: 2,706 km
broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 207,486 km
paved: 19,773 km
unpaved: 187,713 km (1999) |
| Waterways |
up to 8,046 km depending on season
note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes |
| Ports
and harbors |
Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port,
Narayanganj |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or
over) 314,437 GRT/436,465 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 23, container 11, passenger 1,
petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
18 (2002) |
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