Dhaka
| Dhaka ঢাকা |
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| — Caipital Ceety — | |
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| Eik-name(s): Ceety o Mosques | |
  Dhaka
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| Coordinates: 23°42′0″N 90°22′30″E / 23.7°N 90.375°E | |
| Kintra |  Bangladesh |
| Admeenistrative Destrict | Dhaka Destrict |
| Establishment | 1608 CE |
| Grantit ceety status | 1947 |
| Aurie | |
| - Caipital Ceety | 360 km2 (139 sq mi) |
| - Wattir | 48.56 km2 (18.7 sq mi) |
| Hicht[1] | 4 m (13.12 ft) |
| Indwallers (2008)[2] | |
| - Caipital Ceety | 7,000,940 |
| - Densitie | 23,029/km2 (Expression error: Unrecognised word "roond"./sq mi) |
| - Metro | 16,623,000(2,011) |
| - Demonym[3] | Dhakaiya or Dhakaite |
| - Literacy rate | 62.3% |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| - Simmer (DST) | BDST (UTC+7) |
| Postal code | 1000 |
| Naitional Cawin Code | +880 |
| Cawin Code | 02 |
| Wabsteid | Offeecial Dhaka Wabsteid |
Dhaka (Bangla: ঢাকা, pronounced Template:IPA-bn; umwhile kent as Dacca, an Jahangirnagar, durin Mughal era), is the caipital o Bangladesh an the principal ceety o Dhaka Diveesion. Dhaka is a megaceety an ane o the major ceeties o Sooth Asie. Locatit on the banks o the Buriganga River, Dhaka, alang wi its metropolitan aurie, haes a population o ower 12 million, makin it the lairgest ceety in Bangladesh.[2] It is the 9t lairgest ceety in the warld[4] an an' a' amang the maist densely populatit ceeties in the warld. Dhaka is kent as the Ceety o Mosques[5] an renouned for producin the warld's finest muslin. Dhaka is an aa kent as the Rickshaw Caipital o the Warld. Approximately 400,000 cycle rickshaws run each day.[6] The day it serves as ane o the prime centres for cultur, education an business in the region.
Unner Mughal rule in the 17t century, the ceety wis kent as Jahangir Nagar. It wis a provincial caipital an a center o the warldwide muslin trade. The modren ceety, housomeivver, wis developed chiefly unner Breetish rule in the 19t century, an became the seicont-lairgest ceety in Bengal efter Cawcuttie (presently Kolkata). Efter the Partition o Bengal in 1905, Dhaka became the caipital o the new province o Eastren Bengal an Assam but lost its status as a provincial caipital again efter the partition wis annulled in 1911. Efter the partition o Indie in 1947, Dhaka became the administrative caipital o East Pakistan, an later, in 1971, the caipital o an independent Bangladesh. Durin the intervenin period, the ceety witnessed widespread turmoil; this includit mony impositions o martial law, the declaration o Bangladesh's unthirldom, military suppression, devastation durin war, and natural calamities.
Modren Dhaka is the center o poleetical, cultural an economic life in Bangladesh.[7] Although its urban infrastructure is the maist developed in the kintra, Dhaka suffers frae urban problems such as pollution, congestion, an lack o adequate services due tae the risin population. In recent decades, Dhaka haes seen modrenization o transport, communications an public wirks. The ceety is attractin lairge foreign investments an greater volumes o commerce an trade. It is an aa experiencin an increasin influx o fowk frae athort the naition, this haes made Dhaka the fastest growin ceety in the warld.[8][9]
[edit] References
- ↑ Dhaka, Bangladesh Map. National Geographic Channel. Retrieved on 6 September 2009. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Statistical Pocket Book, 2008 (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 15 August 2009. .
- ↑ The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 234. Thedailystar.net (2005-01-19). Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
- ↑ 2010 World Bank Country Assistance Strategy (Page 4) http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BANGLADESHEXTN/Resources/295759-1271081222839/BDCAS.pdf
- ↑ everything about our city. Dhaka City. Retrieved on 8 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Lawson, Alastair. "Dhaka's beleaguered rickshaw wallahs", BBC News, 2002-10-05. Retrieved on 19 September 2009..
- ↑ Price Information of Essential Commodities (Bangla) (php). National Web Portal, Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved on 27 Februar 2009. .
- ↑ [1]Template:Dead link
- ↑ "Danger in Dhaka, the fastest-growing city", BBC News, 2010-07-07.
