Profiles of Districts
Profiles of Districts 1. Name of district: Dhaka 2. Profile of the district: a. Governance or political structure Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and is known as the city of mosques. Dhaka district is situated almost at the middle place of the country. Dhaka (city) stands on the bank of the river Buriganga. Dhaka district is surrounded on the north by Gazipur and Tangail districts, on the east by Narayanganj district, on the south by Munshinganj and Faridpur districts and on the west by Manikganj district. It lies between 23º53' and 24º06' north latitudes and between 90º01' and 90º37' east longitudes. The total area of the district is 1463.60 sq. km. (565.00 sq. miles). Dhaka district was established in 1772. The district consists of 6 upazila and 41 thanas, 86 unions, 974 mauzas, 1999 villages, 2 city corporations, 92 city wards, 855 city mahallas, 3 paurashavas, 27 wards and 133 mahallas. The upazilas are Dhamrai, Dohar, Keraniganj, Nawabganj and Savar. It consists of forty one thanas namely Adabor, Gulshan, New Market, Badda, Pallabi, Hazaribag, Bimanbandar, Cantonment, Demra, Dhanmondi, Kafrul, Kamrangir Char, Khilgaon, Sutrapur, Tejgaon, Shyampur, Kotwali, Lalbagh, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Motijheel, Uttara, Ramna, Sabujbagh, Bangshal, Chak Bazar, Dakshinkhan, Darus Salam, Gendaria, Jatrabari, Kadamtali, Kalabagan, Khilkhet, Paltan, Rampura, Shah Ali, Shahbagh, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Turag and Uttar Khan with 20 national parliament constituency. Rural Area: It refers to the following five lower geographic, administrative or revenue units: 1) Union: Smallest administrative rural geographic unit comprising of mauzas and villages and having union parishad institution. 2) Mauza: Mauza is the lowest administrative unit having a separate jurisdiction list number (J.L.
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