Country Bangladesh Time zone BST (UTC+6) Website dhakadiv.gov.bd | Capital Dhaka ISO 3166 code BD-C Area 20,509 km² | |
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Destinations Dhaka, Madhupur Upazila, Sonargaon Upazila Clubs and Teams Abahani Limited Dhaka, Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, Sheikh Russel KC, Mohammedan Sporting Club Points of interest Ahsan Manzil, Dhakeshwari Temple, Lalbagh Fort, Bangladesh National Museum, Liberation War Museum Colleges and Universities Bangladesh National University, University of Dhaka, Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University, Bangladesh University of Engine | ||
Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh. The capital and largest city is Dhaka. The Division as constituted prior to 2015 covered an area of 31,051 km², and had a population of 47,424,418 at the 2011 Census. However, following the separation of the new Mymensingh Division in 2015, the area has been reduced to 20,508.8 km² with a population at the 2011 Census of 36,433,505.
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Map of Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Dhaka Division is bounded by Mymensingh Division to the north, Barisal Division to the south, Chittagong Division to the east and south-east, Sylhet Division to the north-east, Rangpur Division to the north-west, and Rajshahi Division to the west and Khulna Divisions to the south-west.
Administrative divisions
Dhaka Division, formerly Dacca Division of East Pakistan province, consisted before 2015 of four city corporations, 17 districts, 123 upazilas and 1,248 union parishads. However, four of the most northerly of the 17 districts were removed in 2015 to create the new Mymensingh Division, and another five districts (those situated to the south of the Ganges/Padma River) are in the process of being removed to create a new Faridpur Division.
Note: * revised area and its population after excluding the districts transfered to the new Mymensingh Division.