South Asia
Bangladesh
Dhaka Division

Dhaka District

Dhaka District is a district in central , and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the . , the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the which flows from the to the southern part of the district.
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  • Type: district of Bangladesh with 14,700,000 residents
  • Description: district of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division
  • Also known as: “Dhaka”, “Dhaka district”, and “Dhaka Zila”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shahjalal International Airport and Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Aerodrome
Photo: Amranrahman, Public domain.
Hazrat Dhaka is the main serving , the capital city of , and it is the largest airport in the country. is situated 5 km northeast of Dhaka District.

Stadium
Photo: Iqbal Mahmud Nayan, CC BY 4.0.
The , also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground at Mirpur, , the capital of .

Library
Photo: Tauheed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials published in under the copyright law of Bangladesh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Dhaka and Outer Dhaka.

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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.

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The outer suburbs of are a large semi-rural and industrial area in the north and east of the capital. Uttara, in the north, is home to the major entry point for most visitors to the country, Shahjalal International Airport.

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Central includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries.

Dhaka District

Latitude
23.8109° or 23° 48′ 39″ north
Longitude
90.3654° or 90° 21′ 56″ east
Population
14,700,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7MMGR968+95
Geo­Names ID
1337178
Wiki­data ID
Q1850485
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Dhaka District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضلع داكة”
  • Arabic: “ناحية داكة”
  • Arabic: “ناحية دكا”
  • Belarusian: “Дака”
  • Bengali: “ঢাকা জেলা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ঢাকা জিলা”
  • Catalan: “districte de Dacca”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Dacca”
  • Cebuano: “Dhaka”
  • Chinese: “Dhaka Koān”
  • Chinese: “达卡县”
  • Chinese: “達卡”
  • Chinese: “達卡縣”
  • Dutch: “Dhaka”
  • Esperanto: “Daka Distrikto”
  • French: “Dhaka”
  • German: “Dhaka”
  • German: “Distrikt Dhaka”
  • Hindi: “ढाका जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Dhaka”
  • Italian: “distretto di Dacca”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Dacca”
  • Japanese: “ダッカ県”
  • Korean: “다카구”
  • Maithili: “ढाका जिला”
  • Malayalam: “ധാക്ക ജില്ല”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dhaka Koān”
  • Nepali: “ढाका जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “ढाका जिल्ला”
  • Persian: “ناحیه داکا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه داکه”
  • Portuguese: “Daca”
  • Portuguese: “Dhaka”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Dacca”
  • Russian: “Дакка”
  • Santali: “ᱰᱷᱟᱠᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Dacca”
  • Scots: “Dhaka Destrict”
  • Slovak: “Dháka”
  • Spanish: “Daca”
  • Swedish: “Dhaka”
  • Tamil: “டாக்கா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “ఢాకా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “อำเภอธากา”
  • Turkish: “Dakka (ilçe)”
  • Turkish: “Dakka”
  • Ukrainian: “Дакка (зіла)”
  • Ukrainian: “Дакка”
  • Urdu: “ڈھاکہ ضلع”
  • Urdu: “ضلع ڈھاکہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Dhaka”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ڈھاکا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ڈھاکہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “达卡县”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mirpur and Mirpur Thana.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bangladesh National Zoo and Tejgaon Airport.

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