Sylhet
| Sylhet সিলেট (Silēţ) |
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|---|---|
| — Metropolis — | |
| Sylhet City Corporation | |
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| Diveesion | Sylhet Diveesion |
| Destrict | Sylhet Destrict |
| Metropolitan ceety status | 31 Mairch 2009[1] |
| Sylhet City Corporation | 9 Aprile 2001 |
| Municipal Board | 1867 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (Awami League) |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 26.50 km2 (10.2 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2008)[2] | |
| - Tot | 463,198 |
| - Densitie | 17,479/km2 (45,270.4/sq mi) |
| - Demonym | Sylheti |
| - Ethnicity[3] | 99% Bengali 1% Manipuri, Khasi an ithers |
| Demographics | |
| - Languages | Sylheti, Bengali, Inglis |
| - Literacy rate | 70% |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Post code | 3100 |
| Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid |
Sylhet (Sylheti: ছিলট Silôţ, Bengali: সিলেট Ṣileţ), is a major ceety in north-eastren Bangladesh. It is the main ceety o Sylhet Diveesion an Sylhet Destrict, an wis grantit metropolitan ceety status in Mairch 2009.[1] Sylhet is locatit on the banks o the Surma Valley an is surroondit bi the Jaintia, Khasi an Tripura hills. The ceety is approachin a population o 500,000 fowk while an aw haein a heich population density. It is ane o the lairgest ceeties in Bangladesh. The Sylhet region is well kent for its tea gardens an tropical forests The ceety is an aw kent for its business boom; being ane o the richest ceeties in Bangladesh,[4] wi new investments o hotels, shoppin maws an luxury hoosin estates, brought mainly bi expatriates livin in the Unitit Kinrick.[5][6]
Sylhet haes a history o conquests an heritage frae different types o culturs. The ceety is describit as a Ceety o Saunts,[7] wi the mausoleum o the great saunt Hazrat Shah Jalal, who brought Islam tae Bengal durin the 14t century, being locatit here.[8] Durin the next few centuries it wis pairt o the state o Assam durin the rule o Breetish Raj. Efter unthirldom atween Indie an Pakistan, Sylhet wis then pairt o East Pakistan based on a referendum, an is nou pairt o Bangladesh. It played a major role in the Bangladesh Leeberation War durin the 1970s.
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Sister ceeties [edit]
Sylhet is Sister ceeties wi:
Amman, Amman Govrenorate, Jordan
Lunnon, United Kingdom- Ceety o Wastmeenster, Marylebone, Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
- Touer Hamlets, Greater Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
- St Albans Ceety & Destrict Cooncil, Hertfordshire, Unitit Kinrick
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Cooncil, Greater Manchester, United Kinrick
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bangladesh clamps down on beggars" BBC News 2 April 2009, accessed 2 April 2009
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2008booklet - ↑ Current Situation - Past and Present - Sylhet, Bangladesh Ethnic Community Development Organization. Retrieved on 30 May 2009.
- ↑ Syed Zain Al-Mahmood (28 November 2008) Bondor Bazar to Brick Lane Star Weekend Magazine - The Daily Star (Volume 7 Issue 47). Retrieved on 26 May 2009.
- ↑ BBC London: Faith - Bangladeshi London. BBC. Retrieved on 29 Mey 2005. .
- ↑ Immigration and Emigration - London - Banglatown. BBC: Legacies - UK History Local To You. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. .
- ↑ "Shah Jalal (R)". Shah Jalal (R). Banglapedia. http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0238.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ↑ V.C. Pandey (2006). Environment, Security and Tourism Development in South Asia: Tourism development in South Asia. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 113-114.
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