Sylhet

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city metropolitan city regional capital

Sylhet is a historically and culturally significant city and region in northeastern Bangladesh, known for its tea gardens, lush landscapes, and role as a major economic and spiritual center.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sylhet canonical 10
Sylhet region 4
Sylhet District 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
metropolitan city ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
capitalOf Sylhet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sylhet District

Sylhet Division ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 24.8917°N 91.8833°E ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
demographicFeature large expatriate community in the United Kingdom ⓘ
economicSector remittance economy ⓘ
tea industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 35 metres ⓘ
hasLandmark Ali Amjad Clock Tower ⓘ
Hazrat Shah Jalal Mazar Sharif ⓘ
Keane Bridge ⓘ
Shrine of Shah Jalal ⓘ
Shrine of Shah Paran ⓘ
hasUniversity Shahjalal University of Science and Technology ⓘ
Sylhet Agricultural University ⓘ
historicalEvent Sylhet referendum of 1947 ⓘ
annexed by British East India Company in 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Sylhet ⓘ
knownFor Sufi shrines ⓘ
lush landscapes ⓘ
remittances from diaspora ⓘ
spiritual heritage ⓘ
tea gardens ⓘ
localLanguage Sylheti language ⓘ
surface form: Sylheti
locatedIn Sylhet Division ⓘ
northeastern Bangladesh ⓘ
near Jaflong ⓘ
Lawachara National Park ⓘ
Ratargul Swamp Forest ⓘ
notableFeature high rainfall ⓘ
hilly terrain ⓘ
tea estates ⓘ
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
partOf Sylhet Division ⓘ
surface form: Sylhet Region
population over 500000 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
resultOf1947Referendum joined Pakistan ⓘ
river Surma River ⓘ
since 1971 part of independent Bangladesh ⓘ
sports Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ⓘ
timeZone Bangladesh Standard Time ⓘ
transport Osmani International Airport ⓘ
Sylhet railway station ⓘ
utcOffset +6 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Presidency → contains → Sylhet ⓘ
Bipin Chandra Pal → birthPlace → Sylhet ⓘ
Bipin Chandra Pal → residence → Sylhet ⓘ
Barak River → locatedIn → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet Division
Bengal Sultanate → notableCity → Sylhet ⓘ
St Albans, Hertfordshire → hasTwinTown → Sylhet ⓘ
partition of Assam → affectedArea → Sylhet ⓘ
subject surface form: Partition of Assam
this entity surface form: Sylhet district
East Bengal and Assam → notableCity → Sylhet ⓘ
Sylhet → capitalOf → Sylhet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet District
Poil village, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency, British India → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet District
Poil village, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency, British India → locatedInPresentDayRegion → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet region
Poil village, Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency, British India → partOf → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet District, Bengal Presidency
Bipin → placeOfBirth → Sylhet ⓘ
subject surface form: Bipin Chandra Pal
Partition of Bengal 1947 → significantPlace → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet region
Jaintia people → historicalRegion → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet region
Karimganj remained in India as part of Assam → formerColonialUnit → Sylhet ⓘ
subject surface form: Karimganj
this entity surface form: Sylhet district
Operation Searchlight → location → Sylhet ⓘ
General M. A. G. Osmani → birthPlace → Sylhet ⓘ
General M. A. G. Osmani → region → Sylhet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylhet region
General M. A. G. Osmani → burialPlace → Sylhet ⓘ