United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1992 CIA World Factbook


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1.4 km2

       Land area:

       1.4 km2

       Comparative area:

       about 2.3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       4.8 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       12 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 m (depth)

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun

       Terrain:

       low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef

       Natural resources:

       guano (deposits worked until 1891)

       Land use:

       arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

       woodland 0%; other 100%

       Environment:

       treeless, sparse and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate

       vines, and low growing shrubs; lacks fresh water; primarily a nesting,

       roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife

       Note:

       remote location 2,575 km southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean,

       just north of the Equator, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia

      :Baker Island People

      Population:

       uninhabited; American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and

       naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War

       II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit only

       and generally restricted to scientists and educators

      :Baker Island Government

      Long-form name:

       none

       Type:

       unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and Wildlife

       Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National

       Wildlife Refuge system

       Capital:

       none; administered from Washington, DC

      :Baker Island Economy

      Overview: no economic activity

      :Baker Island Communications

      Ports:

       none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the

       west coast

       Airports:

       1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m

       Telecommunications:

       there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

      :Baker Island Defense Forces

      Note:

       defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast

       Guard

      :Bangladesh Geography

      Total area:

       144,000 km2

       Land area:

       133,910 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Wisconsin

       Land boundaries:

       4,246 km total; Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

       Coastline:

       580 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       18 nm

       Continental shelf:

       up to outer limits of continental margin

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       a portion of the boundary with India is in dispute; water sharing problems

       with upstream riparian India over the Ganges

       Climate:

       tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to

       June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October)

       Terrain:

       mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast

       Natural resources:

       natural gas, uranium, arable land, timber

       Land use:

       arable land 67%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 4%; forest and

       woodland 16%; other 11%; includes irrigated 14%

       Environment:

       vulnerable to droughts; much of country routinely flooded during summer

       monsoon season; overpopulation; deforestation

       Note:

       almost completely surrounded by India

      :Bangladesh People

      Population:

       119,411,711 (July 1992), growth rate 2.4% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       36 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       112 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       55 years male, 54 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.6 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Bangladeshi(s); adjective - Bangladesh

       Ethnic divisions:

       Bengali 98%, Biharis 250,000, and tribals less than 1 million

       Religions:

       Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, Buddhist, Christian, and other less than 1%

       Languages:

       Bangla (official), English widely used

       Literacy:

       35% (male 47%, female 22%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       35,100,000; agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86);

       extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)

       Organized labor:

       3% of labor force belongs to 2,614 registered unions (1986 est.)

      :Bangladesh Government

      Long-form name:

       People's Republic of Bangladesh

       Type: