Dhaka District (Dhaka division) with an area of 1463.60 sq km, is bounded by gazipur and tangail districts on the north, munshiganj and rajbari districts on the south, narayanganj district on the east, manikganj district on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 34.5°C, minimum 11.5°C; total rainfall 1931mm. Main rivers are Padma, Kaliganga, Dhaleshwari, Ichamati, Shitalakshya, Buriganga; small rivers are Bangshi, Turag, Balu, Elamjani, Alam, Bherujkha, Ramkrishnadi, Elisamari, Tulsikhali. Noted Beels Belai, Saldaher, Labandaher, Churain, Damsharan and Kiranjir Beel.

Dhaka (Town) stands on the bank of the river Buriganga. It consists of seven principal thanas (dhanmondi, kotwali, motijheel, ramna, mohammadpur, sutrapur and tejgaon) and 14 auxiliary thanas (gulshan, lalbagh, mirpur, pallabi, sabujbagh, cantonment, demra, hazaribagh, shyampur, badda, kafrul, kamrangir char, khilgaon and uttara), 130 wards and 725 mahallas. It has an area of 304 sq km. The town has a population of 5378000; male 56.62%, female 43.38%; population density per sq km 17691. Literacy rate among the town people is 62.3%. Dhaka municipality was established in 1864 and was turned into a Town Committee in 1960. The name of the Town Committee was changed to Dhaka Municipality in 1972. It was turned into a Municipal Corporation in 1983. Finally it was elevated to City Corporation in 1991. Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh. The town has 88 cinema halls, 351 clubs, 55 playground, 136 government and private hospitals and clinics, 4 parks, 4 national stadiums, 17 public and private universities, 4 government medical colleges, 11 private medical colleges. Other important establishments include Bangladesh Supreme Court, High Court, Judge Court, diplomatic missions of many countries, Bangladesh Secretariat, National Museum, National Zoo, and head offices of various sector corporations government departments, business houses and NGOs.


Administration Dhaka district was established in 1772. The district consists of 5 upazilas, 21 thanas, 3 municipalities, 77 union parishads, 1020 mouzas, 1863 villages. The upazilas are dhamrai, dohar, keraniganj, nawabganj and savar.