Dhaka District
Dhaka District is a district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the southern part of the district.- District of Bangladesh with 14,700,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 15 metres (49 feet)
- Description: district of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division
- Also known as“Dhaka”“Dhaka Zila”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shahjalal International Airport and Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Shahjalal International Airport
Aerodrome
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka is the… Shahjalal International Airport is situated 5 km northeast of Dhaka District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Dhaka and Outer Dhaka.
Dhaka District
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Latitude
23.8109° or 23° 48′ 39″ north
Longitude
90.3654° or 90° 21′ 56″ east
Open location code
7MMGR968+95
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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: “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”
- Kashmiri: “ڈھاکہ ضِلہٕ”
- 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”
- Polish: “BD-13”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Dhaka”
- 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
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Dhaka Division: Highlights
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