Dhaka Division

Dhaka Division is an administrative division of . serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the and . The division remains a population magnet, and covers an area of 20,508.8 km2 with a population in excess…
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is the capital and largest city of . It is the largest city by population in the historical region of and a major city in .

is a city in central in the Greater Dhaka area. , about 16 km southeast of the capital city of . With a population of almost 1 million, it is the 5th largest city in Bangladesh.

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is a city in central . Located in in Dhaka Division, it is a major industrial city 25 km north of . It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh, with 75% of all garment industries situated there.

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Madaripur is a district of 1.2 million people in Dhaka Division on the banks of Padma river.

District is a district in Dhaka Division, . The district has 1,172,415 inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km2. The district headquarters is also called .

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is a city of in central . The establishment of the began with 3269 square kilometres of land requisitioned from Mymensingh.

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is a city in the Dhaka Division of . On the banks of Padma River, it is known as the greater in Bangladesh. is one of the oldest cities of Bangladesh.

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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.

is a town in Narsingdi District on the northeast side of . 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

Latitude of center
23.8333° or 23° 50′ north
Longitude of center
90.25° or 90° 15′ east
Population
44,200,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1337179
Wiki­data ID
Q330158
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Dhaka Division” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዳካ ክፍለ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم داكة”
  • Arabic: “إقليم دكا”
  • Arabic: “قسم داكة”
  • Armenian: “Դաքա”
  • Asturian: “Dhaka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dhaka Bölgəsi”
  • 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”
  • Galician: “división de Dacca”
  • German: “BD-C”
  • German: “Dhaka”
  • Greek: “Διαίρεση Ντάκα”
  • Greek: “Ντχάκα”
  • Gujarati: “ઢાકા ડિવિઝન”
  • Hausa: “Dhaka Division”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Divisi Dhaka”
  • Kannada: “ಢಾಕಾ ವಿಭಾಗ”
  • Kashmiri: “ڈھاکہ حِصہٕ”
  • Kazakh: “Дакка”
  • Kirghiz: “Дакка”
  • Korean: “다카주”
  • Latvian: “Dakas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Dakos sritis”
  • Magahi: “ढाका विभाग”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Dhaka Division”
  • Panjabi: “ਢਾਕਾ ਡਿਵੀਜਨ”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Dhaka Division”
  • Spanish: “Daca”
  • Spanish: “Dacca”
  • Spanish: “Dhaka”
  • Spanish: “División de Daca”
  • Spanish: “División de Dacca”
  • Sundanese: “Divisi Dhaka”
  • Swahili: “Dhaka Division”
  • Swedish: “Dhaka”
  • Sylheti: “ꠓꠣꠈꠣ ꠛꠤꠜꠣꠉ”
  • Tajik: “Дакка”
  • Tamil: “டாக்கா கோட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Дакка”
  • Telugu: “ఢాకా డివిజన్”
  • Thai: “ภาคธากา”
  • Turkish: “Dakka”
  • Turkish: “Dhaka Division”
  • Ukrainian: “Дака”
  • Ukrainian: “Дакка”
  • Urdu: “ڈھاکہ ڈویژن”
  • Uzbek: “Dhaka Division”
  • 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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