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Dhakaঢাকা orDhaka Dacca,is city,the capital of Bangladesh,Bangladesh
Dhaka inDistrict (Dhaka Division,division) centralwith Bangladesh.an Itarea isof located1463.60 onsq ankm, armis ofbounded theby Dhaleswarigazipur Riverand intangail districts on the populousnorth, andmunshiganj flood-proneand Ganges-Brahmaputrarajbari deltadistricts andon isthe asouth, majornarayanganj commercial,district cultural,on andthe manufacturingeast, centermanikganj serveddistrict byon the nearbywest. portAnnual ofaverage temperature Narayanganjmaximum. Products34.5°C, includeminimum jute,11.5°C; silk,total andrainfall cotton1931mm. textiles;Main carpets;rivers processedare food;Padma, chemicals;Kaliganga, jewelry;Dhaleshwari, andIchamati, rubberShitalakshya, goods.Buriganga; Thesmall city'srivers oldare section,Bangshi, aTurag, mazeBalu, ofElamjani, crowdedAlam, bazaarsBherujkha, andRamkrishnadi, narrowElisamari, streets,Tulsikhali. isNoted inBeels markedBelai, contrastSaldaher, toLabandaher, RamnaChurain, Maidan,Damsharan aand modernKiranjir well-plannedBeel. areaDhaka to(Town) thestands north,on wherethe mostbank of the governmentriver buildingsBuriganga. andIt educationalconsists institutionsof areseven located.principal Morethanas than(dhanmondi, 700kotwali, mosquesmotijheel, inramna, themohammadpur, citysutrapur attestand totejgaon) theand importance14 ofauxiliary Islamthanas as(gulshan, thelalbagh, predominantmirpur, religion.pallabi, Othersabujbagh, landmarkscantonment, includedemra, hazaribagh, shyampur, badda, Lalkafrul, Baghkamrangir Fortchar, khilgaon and theuttara), tomb130 ofwards Pariand Bibi725 (themahallas. wifeIt ofhas aan governorarea of Bengal),304 bothsq builtkm. inThe thetown latehas 17tha century,population andof the5378000; largemale Parliament56.62%, buildingfemale (dedicated43.38%; 1982),population designeddensity byper Louissq I.km Kahn.17691. TheLiteracy Universityrate ofamong Dhakathe (1921),town Bangladeshpeople Universityis of62.3%. EngineeringDhaka andmunicipality was established Technologyin (1962),1864 and Jahangirnagarwas Universityturned (1970)into area locatedTown inCommittee Dhaka.in
An1960. ancientThe communityname of uncertainthe origins,Town DhakaCommittee was rosechanged to importanceDhaka Municipality in the1972. It was turned into a Municipal Corporation 17thin century1983. whenFinally it was theelevated to City Corporation in 1991. Dhaka Mughalis the capital city of BengalBangladesh. ProvinceThe fromtown 1608has to88 1639cinema andhalls, again351 fromclubs, 166055 toplayground, 1704.136 Duringgovernment thatand periodprivate ithospitals becameand knownclinics, for4 theparks, production4 ofnational finestadiums, muslins.17 Thepublic cityand declinedprivate afteruniversities, the4 capitalgovernment wasmedical movedcolleges, to11 Murshidabadprivate inmedical 1704,colleges. andOther itimportant establishments cameinclude underBangladesh BritishSupreme controlCourt, inHigh 1765.Court, WithJudge theCourt, partitiondiplomatic o3fmissions Britishof Indiamany incountries, 1947,Bangladesh DhakaSecretariat, becameNational theMuseum, capitalNational ofZoo, theand Pakistanhead provinceoffices of Eastvarious Bengal,sector andcorporations ingovernment 1956departments, itbusiness washouses madeand theNGOs. capital
Administration ofDhaka district was Eastestablished Pakistan.in 1772. The citydistrict sufferedconsists considerableof damage5 duringupazilas, the21 1971thanas, war3 formunicipalities, independence77 fromunion Pakistanparishads, before1020 becomingmouzas, the1863 capitalvillages. ofThe newlyupazilas independentare Bangladeshdhamrai, indohar, latekeraniganj, 1971.nawabganj Populationand (1991)savar. 3,368,940.
