local short form: Bangladesh former: East Pakistan Bangladesh East Siberian

to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to March); southwest monsoon (June to August); semiarid in northeast Natural resources: fish Land use: arable land: 31% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 24% forest and woodland: 3% other: 39% Irrigated land: 8,960 km2 (1989) Environment: air pollution around Belgrade and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum partners: China 37%, Japan 16%, Taiwan 9%, US 8% (1991) External debt: $650 million (1991) Exports: $280 million offical aid commitments by foreign donors (1992) *Uzbekistan, Economy Currency: 1 Dominican peso (RD$) = 100 cents

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