Dhaka Division
Dhaka is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It was established in 1829, covers 20,508 km², and contains 13 districts with a combined population of about 44.22 M.
Districts of Dhaka Division
All 13, with what each is known for.
Dhaka
Capital city, Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, muslin heritage
Bangladesh's garment (RMG) export industry is headquartered here alongside national banking, government administration, and dense wholesale trade in Old Dhaka.
1,464 km² 12.04 MGazipur
Bhawal National Park, garment industry hub
Bangladesh's largest concentration of garment and textile factories, plus pharmaceutical plants and industrial estates around Konabari and Tongi.
1,806 km² 5.26 MKishoreganj
Sholakia Eid ground, Haor wetlands, Nikli
Rice and fish farming across its haor wetland basin, along with traditional boat-building and significant overseas remittance income.
2,689 km² 3.27 MManikganj
Baliati Palace, Padma river bank
Jute and rice farming, with brisk small trade to Dhaka along the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
1,384 km² 1.56 MMunshiganj
Idrakpur Fort, Atish Dipankar birthplace, potato belt
Known as Bangladesh's potato belt, supplying much of the country's potato and vegetable trade to Dhaka markets.
955 km² 1.63 MNarayanganj
Dhaka of the East, Panam City, jamdani weaving
Textile and jute mills, river-port trade, and the jamdani sari weaving cottage industry.
684 km² 3.91 MNarsingdi
Wari-Bateshwar ruins, textile trade
Textile and hosiery manufacturing, plus the Ghorashal fertiliser and power complex.
1,141 km² 2.58 MTangail
Tangail saree, Atia Mosque, Madhupur forest
The world-famous Tangail handloom saree industry, alongside jute and rice farming on the Jamuna floodplain.
3,414 km² 4.04 MFaridpur
Jute capital, Pathrail, Padma bridge approach
Historic jute cultivation and trade, now diversifying into vegetable farming with new access via the Padma Bridge expressway.
2,073 km² 2.16 MGopalganj
Tungipara, Baghiar Bill water lilies
Rice and fish cultivation around low-lying haor and beel wetlands.
1,490 km² 1.3 MMadaripur
Shakuni Lake, Auliapur Mazar
Jute and rice cultivation on char lands, plus a substantial remittance-driven local economy.
1,145 km² 1.3 MRajbari
Daulatdia ferry ghat, Goalanda hilsa
Hilsa fishing at Goalanda Ghat and ferry-based trade and transport services.
1,119 km² 1.16 MShariatpur
Padma bridge south end, Mahisar Char
Agriculture on fertile Padma char lands, with growing trade access since the Padma Bridge opened.
1,182 km² 1.25 MPlaces to visit in Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort
An unfinished 17th-century Mughal fort complex with the tomb of Pari Bibi at its heart.
DhakaAhsan Manzil
The pink palace on the Buriganga - residence of the Nawabs of Dhaka, now a museum.
DhakaJatiya Sangsad Bhaban
Louis Kahn’s National Parliament House - one of the largest and most admired legislative complexes in the world.
DhakaPanam City
The abandoned merchant street of Sonargaon - a lost city of colonial-era mansions.
NarayanganjNational Martyrs’ Memorial, Savar
Jatiyo Smriti Soudho - seven soaring planes honouring the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War.
DhakaStar Mosque (Tara Masjid)
A 19th-century Armanitola mosque encrusted with star-motif Japanese and English chinaware mosaic.
DhakaCurzon Hall
Dhaka University’s red-brick Indo-Saracenic showpiece, opened in 1904 and named for a viceroy who opposed it.
DhakaBhawal National Park
A sal forest just north of Dhaka, once the royal hunting ground of the Bhawal zamindars.
Gazipur