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Dhaka Districtঢাকা জেলা

Dhaka (ঢাকা) is a district in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh with 5 upazilas. It is famous for Bakarkhani, Kacchi biryani and Muslin. People born here include Murtaja Baseer, Shamsur Rahman, Kaykobad, Nawab Salimullah, Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman and Fazlur Rahman Khan. Its landmarks include Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, National Parliament House, National Martyrs' Memorial and Baitul Mukarram. Rivers: Padma, Bangshi, Dhaleshwari and Turag. It borders Faridpur, Narayanganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj.

ঢাকা জেলা ঢাকা বিভাগের একটি জেলা। এখানে ৫টি উপজেলা রয়েছে। বিখ্যাত: বাকরখানি, কাচ্চি বিরিয়ানি, মসলিন। জন্মেছেন: মুর্তজা বশীর, শামসুর রাহমান, কায়কোবাদ, নবাব স্যার সলিমুল্লাহ, বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মতিউর রহমান, এফ আর খান।

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Famous for · বিখ্যাত

Famous people born here · কৃতী মানুষ

Landmarks and tourist places · দর্শনীয় স্থান

Infrastructure · অবকাঠামো

Upazilas (5) · উপজেলা (৫টি)

City corporation: Dhaka North City, Dhaka South City.

Rivers · নদী

Padma, Bangshi, Dhaleshwari, Turag

Neighbouring districts · প্রতিবেশী জেলা

Faridpur, Narayanganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gazipur, Manikganj

Centre of the district: about 23.766°N, 90.36°E. Boundaries from the official 2026 BBS/OCHA dataset.

Questions · প্রশ্ন

What is Dhaka famous for?

Bakarkhani: Flaky bread of Old Dhaka; Kacchi biryani: Old Dhaka's slow-cooked mutton biryani; Muslin: Legendary fine cotton cloth, revived and registered as a GI in 2018.

Which famous people were born in Dhaka?

Murtaja Baseer (Painter of the 'Epitaph for the Martyrs' series); Shamsur Rahman (Poet of 'Swadhinata Tumi', born in the old city); Kaykobad (Epic poet of Mahashmashan, born in Agla, Nawabganj); Nawab Salimullah (Nawab of Dhaka, host of the 1906 founding of the Muslim League); Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman (Air force officer, one of the seven Bir Sreshtho, born in Agha Sadek Road); Fazlur Rahman Khan (Structural engineer behind the Sears Tower's tube design); Khawaja Nazimuddin (Second governor-general and later prime minister of Pakistan, born in Ahsan Manzil (1894)); Ataur Rahman Khan (Chief minister of East Pakistan in 1956, born in Dhamrai (1905)); Mahasweta Devi (Writer of Hajar Churashir Maa and champion of tribal rights (1926)); Monica Ali (Author of the novel Brick Lane (1967)); Tahmima Anam (Author of A Golden Age, a novel of 1971 (1975)); Shahabuddin Ahmed (painter) (Painter of fast-moving freedom fighters, living in Paris (1950)); Marina Tabassum (Architect of the Aga Khan award-winning Bait Ur Rouf mosque (1968)); Ritwik Ghatak (Director of Meghe Dhaka Tara and Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1925)); Bimal Roy (Director of Do Bigha Zamin and Devdas (1909)); Dino Shafeek (Comic actor of the Pakistan-era screen (1930)); Atulprasad Sen (Composer of Moder Garab Moder Asha (1871)); Firdausi Qadri (Immunologist behind affordable cholera vaccines, Ramon Magsaysay awardee (1951)); Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge economist who wrote the UK review on the economics of biodiversity (1942)); Gopinath Kaviraj (Sanskrit scholar and philosopher of tantra, born in Dhamrai (1887)); Kazi Salahuddin (Star striker of 1970s football and the Swadhin Bangla football team (1953)); Shahidul Alam (Photographer who founded Drik and Pathshala, a Time Person of the Year in 2018 (1955)); Siddika Kabir (The country's best-known cookbook writer, of Ranna Khaddo Pushti (1931)).

How many upazilas are in Dhaka district?

5: Dhamrai, Dohar, Keraniganj, Nawabganj, Savar.

Which division is Dhaka in?

Dhaka Division.

Which districts border Dhaka?

Faridpur, Narayanganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj.

What are the tourist places in Dhaka?

Lalbagh Fort: Unfinished 17th-century Mughal fort; Ahsan Manzil: The pink palace of the Dhaka Nawabs on the Buriganga; National Parliament House: Louis Kahn's concrete masterpiece; National Martyrs' Memorial: Seven-peaked monument to the Liberation War; Baitul Mukarram: The national mosque, shaped like the Kaaba; Central Shaheed Minar: Memorial to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement; Dhakeshwari Temple: The national temple, said to give Dhaka its name; Star Mosque: Old Dhaka mosque covered in star-patterned china mosaic; Curzon Hall: Red-brick 1904 hall of Dhaka University's science faculty; Bara Katra: Mughal caravanserai built for Shah Shuja in 1644 on the Buriganga; Hussaini Dalan: Shia imambara from the 1640s, centre of the Ashura procession; Armenian Church: Church of the Holy Resurrection, built in 1781 by the old city's Armenian merchants; Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque: Mosque of Shaista Khan from 1676, beside the old city's famous iftar bazaar; Khan Mohammad Mirdha Mosque: Three-domed Mughal mosque raised on a high platform (1706); Binat Bibi Mosque: The oldest surviving mosque in the capital, from 1454; Saat Masjid: Seven-domed Mughal mosque in Mohammadpur; Bangabhaban: Official residence of the President; Bangladesh National Museum: The national museum at Shahbag; Liberation War Museum: Museum of the 1971 war, now in Agargaon; Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Memorial at Rayer Bazar where intellectuals were killed in December 1971; Swadhinata Stambha: Glass tower at the spot of the 7 March 1971 speech and the surrender; Mausoleum of Three Leaders: Tomb of Fazlul Huq, Suhrawardy and Khawaja Nazimuddin; Kazi Nazrul Islam's Grave: Resting place of the national poet, beside a university mosque; Baldha Garden: Zamindar's botanical garden of rare plants in Wari (1909); Rose Garden Palace: Mansion where the Awami Muslim League was founded in 1949; National Botanical Garden: The country's largest botanical garden, beside the national zoo; Bangladesh National Zoo: The national zoo in Mirpur; Dhanmondi Lake: Lake winding through a planned residential area, once a Karwan Bazar canal; Dhar Zamindar Bari: Zamindar house in Dhamrai, the town of the chariot festival; Baitur Rauf Mosque: Brick mosque with no dome that won the 2016 Aga Khan Award; Baliati Palace: Seven-block zamindar palace in Saturia.

Which rivers flow through Dhaka?

Padma, Bangshi, Dhaleshwari and Turag.