Wikijunior:Asia/Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. Its official name is the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônôprôjatôntri Bangladesh). Bangladesh is the world's eighth-most populous country, with over 160 million people. The capital of Bangladesh is Dhaka and the current president of Bangladesh is Abdul Hamid. Bangladesh's currency is the Bangladeshi taka.
Where is Bangladesh?
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Bangladesh is located in Southern Asia. India to its west, north, and east, Burma (known as Myanmar) to its southeast, and separated by Bhutan and Nepal by the Chicken's Neck Corridor. To the south of Bangladesh, is where the Bay of Bengal is.
The distance between Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the equator, is 2,639 kilometers (1,640 miles).
How many people live in Bangladesh?
About (estimated) 158,512,570 (as of July 1, 2014) people live in Bangladesh, just 25.5 million less than Pakistan.
What is the national/most popular language in Bangladesh?
The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali (also known as "Bangla"), an Indo-Aryan language that evolved from Sanskrit. With 98% of Bangladeshis fluent in Standard Bengali as their native language, it serves as the lingua franca (common language) of Bangladesh.
English, even tho not being "official", is widespread across government, law, business, media and education, and can be known as Bangladesh's "co-official" language.
Many people also speak Urdu.
What is the most common religion in Bangladesh?
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The main religion is Islam (majority of Muslims are Sunni Muslims, but there is a small population of Shia Muslims), with 89.7% of the population, Muslims. The remaining 10.3% are either Hindus (9.2%), Buddhists (0.7%), Christians (0.3%), or Animist (0.1%).
What is the sport of Bangladesh?
A sport called Kabaddi, is the national sport of Bangladesh, even though it is considered Cricket and Association Football (or soccer) are the most popular sports of the country. Bangladesh has their own Kabbadi team, known as the Bangladesh national kabaddi team. The Bangladesh national kabaddi team were the runner ups in the first Asian Kabaddi Championship, while India were the winners. The team were, also, the runner ups in the next Asian Kabaddi Championship, (which was held in India). The team won the bronze medal in the 2006 Asian Games.
Bangladesh's Cricket Team (known as the Bangladesh national cricket team; nicknamed Tigers). The team won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia, which then the team was qualified for their first Cricket World Cup in England in 1999. As of August 2015, Bangladesh has played 93 tests, winning only seven. The team (not all, only two matches are being described here) won against an inexperienced and young Zimbabwe cricket team, and the West Indies.
What are some important sights?
- Lalbagh Fort - An incomplete Mughal (of the Mughal Empire) fort complex standing high behind the Buriganga River in southwestern Dhaka. The construction of the Fort was started by Subahdar Muhammad Azam Shah (future emporer), son of Emporer Aurangzeb, in 1678... Although Muhammad Shah handed the work down to his successor, Shaista Khan, the work was never worked on again (because the death of Shaista Khan's daughter). Even though it is half complete, there are still great attractions in the Lalbagh Fort, such as the Tomb of Pari Bibi, Lalbagh mosque, Audience hall and the bathing place of Shaista Khan (Hammam Khana). A great way to escape Dhaka's "hustle and bustle".
- Bangabandhu Memorial Museum - A museum near Dhaka City... This museum was a house, the house of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the "Father of the Nation of Bangladesh" (as he was known). On the night of March 25, 1971, he was arrested, and a civil war started between the East (now known as Bangladesh) and West Pakistan. The house contained several rare collections of photographs of Rahman's life, in which is now opened to the public to see, since it was turned to a meseum in 1997.
- Sundarbans (in Bengali, সুন্দরবন) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Bangladesh (and a bit of India as well). Sundarbans is a natural region, covering 10,000 square kilometres, most of which is in Bangladesh. The area also has a park, named Sundarbans National Park... Not only is Sundarbans National Park only a park, but a Tiger Reserve (reserving the famous Bengali Tiger), and a Biosphere Reserve (a movement to improve relationships between people and their environments).
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