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Railways:
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total: 2,622 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2010) |
Transportation - note:
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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 |
Roadways:
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total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003) |
Waterways:
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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) |
Pipelines:
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gas 2,714 km (2010) |
Ports and terminals:
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Chittagong, Mongla Port |
Merchant marine:
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total: 50
by type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 25, container 5, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 4 (China 1, Singapore 3)
registered in other countries: 9 (Comoros 1, Malta 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 2) (2010) |
Airports:
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17 (2010) |
Airports density:
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9,327,679 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 15
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2010) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2010) |
Heliports:
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void |
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