Banani

Banani is an upscale residential and commercial neighbourhood and a thana of Dhaka. It hosts five-star hotels, upscale restaurants, luxury apartments, international schools, and the offices of many local and multinational companies.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Upscale neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Also known as: “Banani (neighbourhood)” and “Banani Model Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Banani Rail Station and Gulshan Society Mosque.

Railway station
Banani Railway Station is a railway station located in Banani, , . No intercity trains stop at the platformless Banani railway station except for certain number of mail express.

Mosque
Photo: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also called Gulshan Society Jame Masjid, is a in Gulshan, a neighbourhood in . It was planned by Kashef Chowdhury and completed in 2017 for Gulshan Society.

Cemetery
Photo: Salim Khandoker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a in the Banani neighbourhood of . It is one of eight state-run graveyards in Dhaka and, with a capacity for around 22,000 graves, one of the largest graveyards in that city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mohakhali and North Dhaka.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of city, the capital of . is one of the busiest places in city. is bounded by Banani in the north, Tejgoan area in the south, Gulshan and Niketan is in the east and DOHS in the west.

Photo: ASaber91, CC BY 2.0.
North is a district that can be further divided into Gulshan-Banani, an upper-class district which hosts the diplomatic zone as well as several ritzy hotels and five star restaurants, and Mirpur, an industrial area housing the city zoo, national stadium and botanical gardens.

Suburb
is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and northeast of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the city's foreign embassies and high commissions are situated here.

Banani

Latitude
23.79142° or 23° 47′ 29″ north
Longitude
90.40491° or 90° 24′ 18″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
7MMGQCR3+HX
Geo­Names ID
1211117
Wiki­data ID
Q24943561
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Banani” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بناني، داكا”
  • Asturian: “Banani Model Town”
  • Bengali: “বনানী থানা”
  • Bengali: “বনানী”
  • Chinese: “巴納尼區”
  • Chinese: “巴納尼鎮”
  • Chinese: “巴纳尼镇”
  • Hindi: “बनानी, ढाका”
  • Persian: “بنانی، داکا”
  • Urdu: “بنانی، ڈھاکہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “بنانی، ڈھاکہ”

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