Overview of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the few countries in South Asia, which remains to be explored. Bangladesh has a delicate and distinctive attraction of its own to offer. Bangladesh has a land of enormous beauty, hundreds of serpentine rivers, crystal clear water lakes surrounded by ever green hills, luxuriant tropical rain forests, beautiful cascades of green tea gardens, world's largest mangrove forest preserved as World Heritage, home of the Royal Bengal Tiger and the wild lives, warbling of birds in green trees, wind in the paddy fields, abundance of sunshine, world's longest natural sea beach.

The country's population is almost evenly distributed throughout its 64 districts except for the three Hill Tracts districts which are rather sparsely inhabited. On average, a district has a population of about 1.8 million, a thana 230,000, a union 25,000 and a village 2,000. There are 4 metropolitan cities and 119 municipalities in the country. The capital city of Dhaka has an estimated population of 8.58 million.

A table for divisional area and population
Bangladesh
Total area 144000 sq km. & Population:150,448,339
Division Dhaka Chittagong Khulna Sylhet Rajshahi Barishal
Area in sq km 31119 33771 22274 12596 34313 13297
District 17 11 10 4 16 6
Population in million 38.678 23.99 14.47 7.899 29.99 8.11

Bangladesh has a natural beauty all over the country, Rivers are the most important geographical features in Bangladesh and also brings the natural attractiveness to it. Bangladesh has a plenty of places to enjoy and recreation,Cox's Bazar (120 kilometers) World Longest Natural Sea Beach is one of them. Cox's Bazar is the tourist capital of Bangladesh. Miles of golden sands, towering cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, colorful pagodas, Buddhist temples and tribes, delightful sea-food--this is Cox's Bazar.

Kuakata is one of the rarest places which have the unique beauty of offering the full view of the rising and setting of crimson sun in the water of the Bay of Bengal in a calm environment. That perhaps makes Kuakata one of the world's unique beaches. The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural setting.

Foy's Lake is a man-made lake in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was dug in 1924 and was named after the Railway engineer Foy. An amusement park Foy's Lake set amidst picturesque surroundings in the railway town-ship of Pahartali 8 km. from Chittagong, this is an ideal spot of outing and picnic thronged by thousands of visitors every week. If someone love the nature this is the place to go.

Mohasthangarh is one of the main attractions in north Bengal. It was the capital of Kingdom of the Mourjo, the Gupta and the Sen Dynasty. This is the ancient archeological and historical which was, established in 2500 BC. It is the oldest archaeological site of Bangladesh.

Overall Bangladesh is a place where someone really can spend a pleasurable and passionate time. Visiting in Bangladesh you will be able to find a lot of friendly people through the tour. People in Bangladesh have a great heart to all, may be the beauty of nature made it possible for all.

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