Bangladesh
A web-based facility for storing and access of sub-national agricultural statistical data files from the country source. National focal points are responsible for maintaining the database.
Bangladesh forms the largest delta in the world and is situated between 88°10' and 92°41' East longitudes and between 20°34' and 26°38' North latitudes. The great delta is flat throughout and stretches from near the foot-hills of the Himalayan Mountains in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south.
The vast plain is washed by mighty rivers-the Meghna, the Padma, the Jamuna and the Karnafuli and their numerous tributaries. Tropical monsoon rains drench the land and the rivers. Onrush of rain waters in summer overflows their banks flooding low and outlying areas every year.
The monotony of flatness has been relieved inland by two elevated tracts-the Madhupur and the Barind tracts, and on the north-east and south-east by rows of hilly forests. The great plain lies almost at sea level along the southern coast and rises gradually towards north. The maximum elevation above the mean sea level is 4034 feet at Keocradang Hill in Rangamati Hill district. The topography is, however, variable and can be divided into the following five classes.
Contact address of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Bangladesh
Agriculture Wing, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Planning Division, Ministry of Planning
E 27/A, Agargaon,
Dhaka 1207
Tel: (880-2) 9137322
Fax: (880-2) 9111064
Email: ndbp@bangla.net
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