Local time
Thu, 4:05 AM GMT+6Asia/DhakaCityCapital
Dhaka
23.73° N, 90.41° E
- Population
- 12,797,394
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 16
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 16 cities of Bangladesh in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Bangladesh, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 4 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 368 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Dhaka Division
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Asia/Dhaka
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Dhaka, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Dhaka have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The origins of the name Dhaka are unclear: it may derive from either the "dhak" tree or Dhakeshwari, a goddess with a shrine in the city.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
