Dhaka is the capital and major metropolitan
city of Bangladesh. It is situated in the geographic midpoint of the country in
the great deltaic area of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Dhaka is served by
the docks of Narayanganj, situated 16 km to the southeast. The metropolis is in
the monsoon weather region, with an yearly average temperature of 25 deg C and
monthly means varying between 18 deg C in January and 29 deg C in August. almost 80% of the yearly average rainfall
of 1,854 mm occurs between May and September.
Dhaka is situated within one of the
world's top rice- and jute-growing regions. Its industries include textiles
(jute, muslin, cotton) and food processing, particularly rice milling. A
variety of additional customer commodities are also manufactured at this point.
The Muslim influence is reflected in the more than 700 mosques and historic
buildings establish throughout the city. Dhaka is separated into an old city
and the new city, and a lot of housing
and business communities.
Dhaka was founded in the 10th
century. It served as the Moghal capital of Bengal from 1608 to 1704 and was a
trading center for British, French, and Dutch interests earlier than coming
under British control in 1765. In 1905 it was once more named the capital of
Bengal, and in 1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. The city suffered serious
scratch during the Bangladesh battle of independence (1971). The romanized
spelling of the Bangla name was changed from Dacca to Dhaka in 1982.
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