Buriganga River
Buriganga is a river in Bangladesh which flows past Dhaka. It stretches 29 km, passing through south and west of the capital. The river was the driving factor for Mughals to choose this city as the capital of Bengal Province.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Bangladesh
- Also known as: “Burhi Ganga River”, “Vell Ganges”, and “बुडिगंगा नदी”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Narayanganj Osmani Stadium.
Narayanganj Osmani Stadium
Pitch
Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, also known as the Osmani… Narayanganj Osmani Stadium is situated 4 km east of Buriganga River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narayanganj and Bangla Bazar.
Narayanganj
Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh in the…Bangla Bazar
Suburb
Bangla Bazar is the oldest neighbourhood of Dhaka, which existed before Mughal Period. Bangla Bazar is situated 9 km northwest of Buriganga River.
Buriganga River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.63035° or 23° 37′ 49″ north
Longitude
90.45405° or 90° 27′ 15″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
7MMGJFJ3+4J
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Buriganga River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر بوري كنكا”
- Arabic: “نهر بوريجانجا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Buriganga”
- Azerbaijani: “Buriqanqa çayı”
- Bengali: “বুড়িগঙ্গা নদী”
- Bengali: “বুড়িগঙ্গা”
- Catalan: “Buriganga”
- Cebuano: “Buriganga River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Buriganga”
- Chinese: “布里甘加河”
- Chuvash: “Буриганга”
- Dutch: “Buriganga River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوريچانچا”
- Esperanto: “Buriganga”
- French: “Buriganga”
- Georgian: “ბურიგანგა”
- German: “Buriganga”
- Hindi: “बुड़िगंगा नदी”
- Hindi: “बुरीगंगा नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Buriganga”
- Italian: “Buriganga”
- Japanese: “ブリゴンガ川”
- Malayalam: “ബുരിഗംഗ നദി”
- Marathi: “बुरिगंगा नदी”
- Persian: “رود بوریگانگا”
- Portuguese: “Rio Buriganga”
- Russian: “Буриганга”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوریقانقا چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Buriganga”
- Swedish: “Buriganga River”
- Swedish: “Burigangafloden”
- Tajik: “Darjoi Buriganga”
- Tajik: “Буриганга”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Буриганга”
- Ukrainian: “Буриганга”
- Urdu: “بوڑھی گنگا”
- Welsh: “Afon Buriganga”
- Western Panjabi: “بڈھی گنگا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dharmaganj and Dānānagar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ad-din Momin Medical College and Enayat Nagar Cricket & FootBall Stadium.
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Worth a closer look: Dhaka and Narayanganj.
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