DELTA CAPITAL
Located on the flood-prone delta of one of the world's great river systems, the Ganges-Brahmaputra, the city of Dhaka was badly damaged in the war that Bangladesh fought for independence from Pakistan. Dhaka was inaugurated as the capital of the new nation in 1971, but it had already long served as the Mogul capital of the province of Bengal. The city is made up of two sections: an older area, which is a maze of narrow lanes and crowded bazaars, and an orderly and well planned government center.
Garments and knitwear, frozen seafood, jute goods, leather products, tea, fertilizer, ceramic tableware, newsprint, pharmaceuticals, ship disassembly (for parts).
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004
Population
City proper 5,378,023
Metro area 12,560,000
Elevation
4 meters (13 feet)
Temperature
January 26°/13°C (79°/55°F);
July 31°/26°C (88°/79°F)
Average daily High/Low °C (°F) Rainfall
January 8 (0.3);
July 399 (16)
Average monthly mm (inches)
Time Zone
+6 hours UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
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