Dhaka Division
Dhaka Division is an administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20,508.8 km2 with a population in excess…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Dhaka and Narayanganj.
Dhaka
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Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is the largest city by population in the historical region of Bengal and a major city in South Asia.
Narayanganj
Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh in the Greater Dhaka area. It is in the Narayanganj District, about 16 km southeast of the capital city of Dhaka.Gazipur
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Gazipur is a city in central Bangladesh. Located in Gazipur District in Dhaka Division, it is a major industrial city 25 km north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh, with 75% of all garment industries situated there.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Madaripur district and Gopalganj.
Madaripur district
Madaripur is a district of 1.2 million people in Dhaka Division on the banks of Padma river.Gopalganj
Gopalganj District is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. The district has 1,172,415 inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km2. The main town of the district is also called Gopalganj.Tangail
Tangail is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River, 83 kilometres northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital.
Faridpur
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Faridpur is a city in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. On the banks of Padma River, it is known as the greater Faridpur in Bangladesh. Faridpur is one of the oldest cities of Bangladesh.
Sonargaon
Sonargaon is a town in the Dhaka Division. It has survived through many historical periods under the rule of various sultanates and empires, and was one of the original capitals of the Bengal region.
Palash
Palash is a town in Narsingdi District on the northeast side of Dhaka. It has a provincial feel, characterized by the textile industry and the estates of zamindars, or landowners, who used to lease their land to farmers.Dhaka Division
- Type: division of Bangladesh with 44,200,000 residents
- Description: administrative division of Bangladesh
- Also known as: “Dhaka Zila”
- Neighbors: Chittagong Division, Northeastern Bangladesh, Rajshahi Division, and Southern Bangladesh
- Location: Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dhaka Division” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم داكة”
- Arabic: “إقليم دكا”
- Arabic: “قسم داكة”
- Armenian: “Դաքա”
- Asturian: “Dhaka”
- Balinese: “Divisi Dhaka”
- Basque: “Dhaka”
- Belarusian: “Дака”
- Bengali: “ঢাকা বিভাগ”
- Bengali: “ঢাকা”
- Bishnupriya: “ঢাকা বিভাগ”
- Bulgarian: “Дака”
- Catalan: “divisió de Dacca”
- Catalan: “Divisió de Dacca”
- Catalan: “Divisió de Dhaka”
- Cebuano: “Dhaka Division”
- Chinese: “Dhaka Hun-khu”
- Chinese: “达卡专区”
- Chinese: “达卡区”
- Chinese: “達卡區”
- Chinese: “達卡專區”
- Czech: “Dhácká oblast”
- Danish: “Dhaka Division”
- Dutch: “Dhaka bibhag”
- Dutch: “Dhaka”
- Esperanto: “BD-C”
- Esperanto: “Dako”
- Estonian: “Dhaka jaotis”
- Finnish: “Dhakan alue”
- French: “Dhaka”
- French: “Dhâkâ”
- French: “Division de Dhaka”
- German: “BD-C”
- German: “Dhaka”
- Greek: “Διαίρεση Ντάκα”
- Greek: “Ντχάκα”
- Gujarati: “ઢાકા ડિવિઝન”
- Hindi: “ढाका उपक्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “ढाका विभाग”
- Indonesian: “Divisi Dhaka”
- Interlingua: “Division de Dacca”
- Italian: “Dacca”
- Italian: “divisione di Dacca”
- Italian: “Divisione di Dacca”
- Japanese: “ダッカ管区”
- Kannada: “ಢಾಕಾ ವಿಭಾಗ”
- Korean: “다카주”
- Latvian: “Dakas apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Dakos sritis”
- Malay: “Dhaka Division”
- Malayalam: “ധാക്ക ഡിവിഷൻ”
- Marathi: “ढाका विभाग”
- Mazanderani: “داکا (اوستان)”
- Mazanderani: “داکا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dhaka Hun-khu”
- Mongolian: “Дакка муж”
- Nepali: “ढाका विभाग”
- Newari: “ढाका विभाग”
- Northern Frisian: “Dhaka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dhaka”
- Norwegian: “Dhaka”
- Persian: “استان داکا”
- Persian: “استان داکه”
- Persian: “بخش داکا”
- Polish: “Dhaka”
- Polish: “Prowincja Dhaka”
- Portuguese: “Daca”
- Portuguese: “Dhaka”
- Portuguese: “Divisão de Dhaka”
- Pushto: “ډھاکه ډويژن”
- Romanian: “Divizia Dacca”
- Russian: “Дакка”
- Santali: “ᱰᱷᱟᱠᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱸᱰ”
- Santali: “ᱰᱷᱟᱠᱟ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Scots: “Dhaka Diveesion”
- Sinhala: “ඩකා අංශය”
- Slovak: “Dháka”
- Slovenian: “BD-3”
- Slovenian: “Divizija Daka”
- Spanish: “Daca”
- Spanish: “Dacca”
- Spanish: “Dhaka”
- Spanish: “División de Daca”
- Spanish: “División de Dacca”
- Sundanese: “Divisi Dhaka”
- Swedish: “Dhaka”
- Sylheti: “ꠓꠣꠈꠣ ꠛꠤꠜꠣꠉ”
- Tajik: “Дакка”
- Tamil: “டாக்கா கோட்டம்”
- Telugu: “ఢాకా డివిజన్”
- Thai: “ภาคธากา”
- Turkish: “Dakka”
- Turkish: “Dhaka Division”
- Ukrainian: “Дака”
- Ukrainian: “Дакка”
- Urdu: “ڈھاکہ ڈویژن”
- Venetian: “Divixion de Dacca”
- Vietnamese: “Dhaka”
- Vietnamese: “Phân khu Dhaka”
- Vietnamese: “Phân vùng Dhaka”
- Welsh: “Rhanbarth Dhaka”
- Wu Chinese: “达卡专区”
- Yue Chinese: “達卡專區”
- “BD-C”
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