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Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
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Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
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Area: 148,460 sq km land: 130,170 sq km water: 18,290 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than
Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined
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Land Boundaries: total: 4,413 km border countries
(2): Burma -
271 km, India
- 4142 km
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Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic
zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 18 nm continental shelf: to the outer limits of the continental margin
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Climate: tropical;
mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm
rainy monsoon (June to October)
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Terrain: mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
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