Dhâkâ

Geography and climate

Geography

The city is located (23°51' NR 90°24' E) at the center of the country on the Buriganga, a channel of the Dhaleswari , in the middle of the greatest area of jute culture of the world. It is the industrial, administrative and commercial center of Bangladesh, where one makes the trade of the Jute, of the Riz, of the Oléagineux, the Sucre and the The. The temperatures evolve/move in summer between 21 and 37°C, in winter between 10 and 32°C.

The zone where the city is densément is densément populated and prone to the floods caused by the Mousson.

Climate

Dhâkâ has a tropical climate characterized by one period of Mousson S. three distinct seasons ago:

the winter (from November to February) dry with temperatures going of 10 with 20°C;
the pre-season of monsoons (from March to May) with weak precipitations and temperatures being able to reach more 40°C;
monsoon (June-October) with strong precipitations and temperatures around 30°C. The majority of precipitations, is 80% of the annual average of 2540 mm, concentrates during the period of monsoons. The average water content is of 80%.

History

Dhâkâ is founded during the 10th century. It takes its rise when it is used as capital with the Nâwab S of the Bengal of 1608 with 1704, then between declining when the capital is transferred to Murshidabad. The city passes under British administration in 1765, is made up in municipality in 1864, but finds importance only when it becomes the capital of Eastern Bengal and the Assam at the time of the Partition of Bengal (1905 - 1912).

In 1956, it becomes the capital of Eastern Pakistan and naturally that of the new state, Bangladesh, which appears after the civil war of 1971 during which it suffers heavy damage. The city gives up its romanized C-W communication of Dacca and takes its new orthography of Dhâkâ in 1982.

Demography

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The city counts more than 10 million inhabitants in 2004 (estimate). The first Recensement of the population gives a report on 69.212 inhabitants in 1872. The population grew regularly until the Partition of the Indies. The partition of 1947 created a strong emigration of Muslim population coming from the India, which was translated in 1951 by an increase in the population of the city to 336.000 inhabitants. The population growth of the city exploded starting from the independence of the country in 1971. 30% of its population lives in Bidonville S.

Economy

Dhâkâ is one of the most prosperous areas of from an economic standpoint Bangladesh. It produces many goods going of the traditional products like the Textile, the money, the Or and the electronic . The industrial activity most important is the textile production which accounts for 80% of the total export earnings.

Several institutions are in the capital. The Central bank of Bangladesh is located in the city.

Inheritance

Dhâkâ is known for its 700 mosques. The city counts many monuments, of which the temple Dakeshwari (“of the hidden goddess”, whose city probably draw its name), the palate Bara Katra, Hoseni Dalan, fort Lal Bagh and Parliament Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (the building of the National Assembly conceived by the American architect Louis Kahn, for which it received a price, is a specimen of the contemporary architecture of the city).

Dhâkâ counts also several establishments of higher educations of which the university of Dhâkâ (1921), the university of technology and engineering of Bangladesh BUET (1876) and the university of Jahangirnagar (1970).

Archbishop's palace

Archdiocese of Dhaka
Cathedral Sainte-Marie de Ramna

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