Dhaka

E26021

capital city city megacity

Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Dhaka canonical	159
Dacca	5
Dhaka, Bangladesh	5
Dhaka metropolitan area	2
Dacca, East Pakistan	1
Dhaka (then in East Bengal)	1
Dhaka City	1
Dhakaiya	1
city of Dhaka	1
ঢাকা	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ city ⓘ megacity ⓘ
capitalOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Dhaka District ⓘ Dhaka Division ⓘ
climateClassification	Köppen Aw ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
countryCallingCode	+880 ⓘ
currency	Bangladeshi taka ⓘ
demonym	Dhaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dhakaiya
foundingCentury	17th century ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCricketStadium	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ⓘ
hasFootballStadium	Bangabandhu National Stadium ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Ahsan Manzil ⓘ Dhakeshwari Temple ⓘ Lalbagh Fort ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport	Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorFestival	Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Fitr ⓘ Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
hasMetroSystem	Dhaka Metro Rail ⓘ
hasParliamentBuilding	National Assembly Building of Bangladesh ⓘ surface form: Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban
hasUniversity	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology ⓘ Jahangirnagar University ⓘ University of Dhaka ⓘ
historicalName	Jahangir Nagar ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
isEconomicCenterOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
isPoliticalCenterOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
largestCityOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
locatedIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Dhaka District ⓘ Dhaka Division ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Bangladesh Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Buriganga River ⓘ
majorIndustry	banking ⓘ garment industry ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ textiles ⓘ
officialLanguage	Bengali ⓘ
populationRankInCountry	1 ⓘ
primaryReligion	Islam ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ
riverPort	Sadarghat ⓘ
subcontinent	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
utcOffset	+06:00 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	DHA ⓘ
wasMughalProvincialCapitalOf	Bengal Subah ⓘ

Referenced by (177)

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

Partha Dasgupta → placeOfBirth → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengal → hasHistoricalCapital → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengal → majorCity → Dhaka ⓘ

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → foundedIn → Dhaka ⓘ

South Asia → hasMajorCity → Dhaka ⓘ

Irene Khan → placeOfBirth → Dhaka ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Dhaka ⓘ

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → capital → Dhaka ⓘ

subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → largestCity → Dhaka ⓘ

subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh

All India Muslim League → foundedIn → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengal Presidency → contains → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dacca

Fazlur Rahman Khan → birthPlace → Dhaka ⓘ

Dhaka → demonym → Dhaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhakaiya

Constitution of Bangladesh → locationOfOriginalDocument → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bengali literature → hasMajorCenter → Dhaka ⓘ

Language Movement in East Bengal → center → Dhaka ⓘ

Kazi Nazrul Islam → deathPlace → Dhaka ⓘ

Kazi Nazrul Islam → placeOfBurial → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengali cinema → notableCentre → Dhaka ⓘ

SAARC Summit → firstSummitHostCity → Dhaka ⓘ

University of Dhaka → locatedIn → Dhaka ⓘ

University of Dhaka → namedAfter → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Dhaka

Bangladeshi → hasCapitalCountry → Dhaka ⓘ

BIMSTEC → headquartersLocation → Dhaka ⓘ

Nawab of Bengal → hasCapital → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengal Subah → capital → Dhaka ⓘ

Bengal Subah → majorCity → Dhaka ⓘ

Mohammad Ali Bogra → deathPlace → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dacca, East Pakistan

Bangladesh Liberation War → surrenderPlace → Dhaka ⓘ

BGD → associatedWithCapitalOfCountry → Dhaka ⓘ

Jatiya Sangsad → location → Dhaka ⓘ

Jatiya Sangsad → countryCapital → Dhaka ⓘ

Victory Day → locationOfMainCelebration → Dhaka ⓘ

subject surface form: Victory Day (Bangladesh)

Bengali Muslims → historicalCenter → Dhaka ⓘ

Dutch Bengal → hasSettlement → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dacca

Bangladesh national cricket team → homeCity → Dhaka ⓘ

Bangladesh national cricket team → firstTestLocation → Dhaka ⓘ

Nawab Salimullah Khan → placeOfBirth → Dhaka ⓘ

Nawab Salimullah Khan → residence → Dhaka ⓘ

Nawab Salimullah Khan → region → Dhaka ⓘ

Khawaja Nazimuddin → placeOfBirth → Dhaka ⓘ

Khawaja Nazimuddin → placeOfDeath → Dhaka ⓘ

Khawaja Nazimuddin → burialPlace → Dhaka ⓘ

Mughal Subah of Bengal → capital → Dhaka ⓘ

Mughal Subah of Bengal → importantCity → Dhaka ⓘ

East Bengal and Assam → capital → Dhaka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dacca

Dhakeshwari Temple → locatedIn → Dhaka ⓘ

National Assembly Building of Bangladesh → location → Dhaka ⓘ

National Assembly Building of Bangladesh → city → Dhaka ⓘ

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar → locatedIn → Dhaka ⓘ