Sylhet

Sylhet is a metropolitan city in the northeastern region of . It serves as the administrative centre for both the and the .
  • City with about 480,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (110 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ZYL
  • …was formerly known as “জালালাবাদ”
  • Description: capital and largest city of Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
  • Postal code: 3100
  • Also known as
    “Jalalabad”
    “Rājnagar”
    “Sileţ”
    “Silhatta”
    “Sreehatta”
    “Srihatta nagara”
    “Srihôţţo”
    “Sylhet Mahanagar”
    “Sylhet town”
    “The city of Srihatta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Sylhet Railway Station.
Railway station
is a railway station in .
Ali Amjad's Clock is the oldest …
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Latitude
24.8992° or 24° 53′ 57″ north
Longitude
91.8685° or 91° 52′ 7″ east
UN/LOCODE
BD ZYL
Open location code
7MPHVVX9+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Sylhet” goes by many names.
SylhetAlbanian
ሲልሄትAmharic
سلهتArabic
سيلهتArabic
ՍիլհեթArmenian
চিলেটAssamese
চিলেট চহৰAssamese
শ্ৰীহাট নগৰAssamese
SylhetAsturian
SilhetAzerbaijani
SylhetBasque
СілхетBelarusian
শ্রীহট্ট শহরBengali
সিলেটBengali
সিলেট শহরBengali
সিলেটBishnupriya
SilhetCatalan
SylhetCatalan
SylhetCebuano
Sylhet (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
夕列特Chinese
錫爾赫特Chinese
錫爾赫特市Chinese
锡尔赫特Chinese
锡尔赫特市Chinese
锡莱特Chinese
SilétCzech
ŠríhattaCzech
SylhetCzech
SylhetDanish
SylhetDutch
سلهتEgyptian Arabic
سيلهيتEgyptian Arabic
SilhetoEsperanto
SylhetFinnish
SylhetGalician
სილჰეტიGeorgian
ΣιλέτGreek
સિલહેટGujarati
SylhetHausa
סילהטHebrew
סילטHebrew
סילט (עיר)Hebrew
סילתHebrew
सिलहटHindi
सिलेट नगर निगमHindi
SziletHungarian
SzilhetHungarian
SylhetIndonesian
SylhetIrish
SylhetItalian
ジャララバードJapanese
シルヘトJapanese
シレットJapanese
SylhetJavanese
SylhetKalaallisut
ಸಿಲ್ಹೆಟ್Kannada
СилхетKazakh
СилхетKirghiz
실렛Korean
SiletaLatvian
SilotaLatvian
SiletLithuanian
SilhatLithuanian
SilhatasLithuanian
SilhetasLithuanian
SylhetLithuanian
СилетMacedonian
सिलेटMagahi
सिलेट सहरMaithili
SylhetMalay
സിൽഹെറ്റ്Malayalam
SylhetMaori
सिलहटMarathi
СилгэтMoksha
सिलेटNepali
सिलेट सहरNepali
SylhetNorthern Frisian
SylhetNorwegian
SylhetNorwegian Bokmål
SylhetNorwegian Nynorsk
SylhetOromo
ਸਿਲਹਟPanjabi
سرحتPersian
سلهتPersian
سیلتPersian
سیلهتPersian
SrihottoPolish
SylhetPolish
سلهټPushto
SylhetRomanian
СилхетRussian
SylhetScots
SylhetSicilian
සිල්හෙට්Sinhala
SilhetSlovenian
SylhetSomali
SylhetSundanese
SylhetSwahili
SilhatSwedish
SylhetSwedish
SilôţSylheti
ꠉꠂꠠ ꠘꠉꠞꠤSylheti
ꠉꠂꠠꠅ ꠘꠉꠞSylheti
ꠍ꠆ꠞꠤꠅꠐ꠆ꠐ ꠘꠉꠞꠤSylheti
ꠍꠤꠞꠤꠅꠐ ꠘꠉꠞSylheti
ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠘꠉꠞꠤSylheti
ꠎꠟꠣꠟ ꠀꠛꠣꠖSylheti
СилхетTajik
சில்ஹெட்Tamil
СилхетTatar
సిల్హేట్Telugu
สิเลฏThai
SylhetTurkish
СілгетUkrainian
СілетUkrainian
СілхетUkrainian
سلہٹUrdu
SilhetUzbek
SylhetVenetian
SylhetVietnamese
SylhetWaray (Philippines)
SylhetWelsh
سلہٹWestern Panjabi
锡尔赫特市Wu Chinese
錫爾赫特Yue Chinese
錫萊特Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Staff Quarters, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital and Bondor Point.
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”

Northeastern Bangladesh: Highlights

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