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People's Republic of Bangladesh is a republic in southern Asia. The country covers the eastern part of the historic region of Bengal. Banglasdesh located north of the Bay of Bengal, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma). Most of Bangladesh lies in the delta where the rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra flows into the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. This delta is the world's largest. River Delta makes the soil in Bangladesh is very fertile, but also causes large annual floods.

Bangladesh is also a very flat country, it is only in the area around Chittagong in the southeast and the Sylhet in the northeast, the landscape is more varied. Bangladesh's highest point is called Keokradong, located near Chittagong.

Bangladesh is a very poor and underdeveloped countries. Most of the country's industrial output consists of textiles. Bangladesh is the world's largest producer of jute.

Bangladesh has a typical monsoon climate with heavy rainfall (1500-3000 mm) in the summer. The climate is fairly uniform across most of the country, apart from higher altitudes in the Chittagong Hills and Sylhet Hills. Annual and night temperatures vary relatively little, but January is usually the coolest 20 ° C in the middle and April warmest month of 28-29 ° C in the middle. The humidity is high throughout the year.

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