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, and rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the southern part of the district.Photo: Hafrul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Shahjalal International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Amranrahman, Public domain.
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, is the main international airport serving Dhaka City, the capital city of Bangladesh, and it is the largest airport in Bangladesh. Shahjalal International Airport is situated 5 km northeast of Dhaka District.
Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Mohosin.a94, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground at Mirpur, in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
National Library of Bangladesh
Library
Photo: Tauheed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Bangladesh is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials published in Bangladesh under the copyright law of Bangladesh.
Localities in the Area
North Dhaka
North Dhaka is a district that can be further divided into Gulshan-Banani, an upper-class district…
Outer Dhaka
Photo: TasminTripty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The outer suburbs of Dhaka are a large semi-rural and industrial area in the north and east of the Bangladeshi capital.
Central Dhaka
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Dhaka includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries.
Dhaka District
- Type: district of Bangladesh with 14,700,000 residents
- Description: district of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division
- Location: Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.8109° or 23° 48' 39" northLongitude
90.3654° or 90° 21' 56" eastPopulation
14,700,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open Location Code
7MMGR968+95GeoNames ID
1337178Wikidata ID
Q1850485Dhaka District Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: ناحية دكا
- Belarusian: Дака
- Bengali: ঢাকা জেলা
- Bishnupriya: ঢাকা জিলা
- Catalan: Districte de Dacca
- Catalan: districte de Dacca
- Cebuano: Dhaka
- Chinese: Dhaka Koān
- Chinese: 达卡县
- Chinese: 達卡
- Chinese: 達卡縣
- Dutch: Dhaka
- English: Dhaka
- Esperanto: Daka Distrikto
- French: Dhaka
- German: Dhaka
- German: Distrikt Dhaka
- Hindi: ढाका जिला
- Indonesian: Distrik Dhaka
- Italian: distretto di Dacca
- Japanese: ダッカ県
- Korean: 다카구
- Maithili: ढाका जिला
- Malayalam: ധാക്ക ജില്ല
- Min Nan Chinese: Dhaka Koān
- Nepali: ढाका जिल्ला
- Newari: ढाका जिल्ला
- Persian: ناحیه داکا
- 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
- Ukrainian: Дакка (зіла)
- Urdu: ضلع ڈھاکہ
- Urdu: ڈھاکہ ضلع
- Vietnamese: Huyện Dhaka
- Western Panjabi: ضلع ڈھاکا
- Western Panjabi: ضلع ڈھاکہ
- Wu Chinese: 达卡县
- Dhaka Zila
- Distretto di Dacca
Localities in the Area
- MirpurSuburb
- Mirpur Model ThanaLocality
- Senpāra ParbataLocality
- PātrunLocality
- SekerkalsiLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Bangladesh National ZooZoo
- Tejgaon AirportAerodrome
- National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic RehabilitationHospital
- North South UniversityUniversity
- KurmitolaRailway station
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Dhaka District. Photo: Hafrul, CC BY-SA 3.0.