Sylhet District

Sylhet District, located in north-east , is one of the four districts in , which contains , the regional capital.
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  • Type: district of Bangladesh with 3,860,000 residents
  • Description: district of Bangladesh
  • Also known as: “district de Sylhet”, “Distrito de Sylhet”, “Sylhet”, “Sylhet (district)”, “Sylhet (zila)”, “Sylhet Distrito”, “Sylhet Jela”, “Sylhet zila”, “Sylhet Zila”, “zila de Sylhet”, “শ্রীহট্ট জিলা”, “শ্রীহট্ট জেলা”, “ꠍꠤꠞꠤꠅꠐ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ”, and “ꠎꠟꠣꠟꠣꠛꠣꠖ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Kumargaon Power Plant.

Power station
Sylhet power plant popularly known as Kumargaon Power… is situated 6 km east of Sylhet District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sylhet.

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is a metropolitan city in the northeastern region of .

Sylhet District

Latitude
24.9167° or 24° 55′ north
Longitude
91.7667° or 91° 46′ east
Population
3,860,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7MPHWQ88+MM
Geo­Names ID
1337189
Wiki­data ID
Q2093352
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sylhet District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سيلهيت”
  • Bengali: “সিলেট জেলা”
  • Bishnupriya: “সিলেট জিলা”
  • Catalan: “districte de Sylhet”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Sylhet”
  • Cebuano: “Sylhet”
  • Chinese: “錫爾赫特縣”
  • Chinese: “锡尔赫特县”
  • Danish: “Sylhet District”
  • Dutch: “Sylhet”
  • Finnish: “Sylhetin kaupunginosa”
  • French: “Sylhet”
  • German: “Sylhet”
  • Greek: “Σιλχέτ”
  • Gujarati: “સિલ્હેટ જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סילהט”
  • Hindi: “सिलहट जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Sylhet”
  • Italian: “distretto di Sylhet”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Sylhet”
  • Japanese: “シレット県”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಲ್ಹೆತ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “سِلہٹ ضِلہٕ”
  • Korean: “실렛구”
  • Latvian: “Siletas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Sileto apskritis”
  • Malay: “Sylhet District”
  • Malayalam: “സിൽഹെഡ് ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “सिलेहट जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sylhet Koān”
  • Nepali: “सिलेट जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “सिलेट जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sylhet distrikt”
  • Persian: “ناحیه سلهت”
  • Persian: “ناحیه سیلهت”
  • Polish: “Srihotto”
  • Portuguese: “Silete”
  • Russian: “Силхет”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱤᱞᱮᱴ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Sylhet”
  • Sinhala: “සයිල්හෙට් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Distrikt Silhet”
  • Spanish: “Sylhet”
  • Swedish: “Sylhet”
  • Sylheti: “ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ”
  • Tamil: “சில்ஹெட் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “సిల్హెట్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตซิลเฮต”
  • Turkish: “Silhet”
  • Turkish: “Sylhet District”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілхет”
  • Urdu: “سلہٹ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Sylhet”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع سلہٹ”
  • “Sylhet”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lamagazi and Mollāgaon.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bāgola Bīl and Abangi Tīla.

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