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Sylhet Division
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This article is about the administrative division of Sylhet. For other uses, see Sylhet (disambiguation).
Sylhet Division, Bengali: সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west.
Quick Facts ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠛꠤꠜꠣꠉ (Sylheti Nagri) সিলেট বিভাগ (Bengali)Śilhôṭ-Jalalabad, Country ...
Sylhet Division
Śilhôṭ-Jalalabad | |
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Clockwise from the top: Jaflong, Shahid Siraj Lake, Shree Chaitanya Temple, Sylhet Circuit House, Keane Bridge and Ali Amjad's Clock, Shah Jalal Dargah, Jaintia Princess Irāvati's Inn, and Ratargul Swamp Forest | |
Nickname: Holy Land of 360 Awliya | |
Coordinates: 24°30′N 91°40′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Established | 1995 |
Capital and largest city | Sylhet |
Government | |
• Divisional Commissioner | Abu Ahmed Siddique[1] |
• Parliamentary constituency | Jatiya Sangsad (19 seats) |
Area | |
• Total | 12,298.4 km2 (4,748.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 334.67 m (1,098 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,034,863 |
• Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Demonym | Sylheti |
Demographics | |
• Literacy rate | 71.92% |
Languages | |
• Official language | Bengali[3] |
• Regional language | Sylheti Dialect[4][5] |
• Minority Languages | |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
ISO 3166 code | BD-G |
HDI (2019) | 0.631[12] medium |
Notable sport teams | |
Website | sylhetdiv |
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Prior to the Partition in 1947, it included Karimganj subdivision (presently in Barak Valley, Assam, India). However, Karimganj (including the thanas of Badarpur, Patharkandi and Ratabari) was inexplicably severed from Sylhet by the Radcliffe Boundary Commission. According to Niharranjan Ray, it was partly due to a plea from a delegation led by Abdul Matlib Mazumdar.[13]