Sylhet

Summary

Sylhet is a city^[1]. Sylhet ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,704 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sylhet is located in Sylhet District^[3].
• Sylhet is in the country of Bangladesh^[4].
• Sylhet's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Sylhet's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Sylhet's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amman^[7].
• Sylhet's twinned administrative body is recorded as Konya^[8].
• Sylhet's twinned administrative body is recorded as London^[9].
• Sylhet's twinned administrative body is recorded as St Albans^[10].
• Sylhet's legislative body is recorded as Sylhet City Corporation^[11].
• Sylhet's postal code is recorded as 3100^[12].
• Sylhet's Commons category is recorded as Sylhet^[13].
• 1867 marks the founding of Sylhet^[14].
• Sylhet's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.9, 'lon': 91.866666666667}^[15].
• Sylhet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sylhet^[16].
• Sylhet has a population of {'amount': '+463198'}^[17].
• Sylhet has a population of {'amount': '+479837'}^[18].
• Sylhet's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Sylhet's capital of is recorded as Sylhet Division^[20].
• Sylhet's capital of is recorded as Sylhet District^[21].
• Sylhet's capital of is recorded as Sylhet Sadar Upazila^[22].
• Sylhet's category for people born here is recorded as Q26763311^[23].
• Sylhet's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sylheti'}^[24].
• Sylhet's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Syloti'}^[25].
• Sylhet's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Srihattan'}^[26].
• Sylhet's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'syl', 'text': 'ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sylhet is in the country of Bangladesh^[4]. Sylhet is located in Sylhet District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sylhet covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+26.50'}^[28]. Sylhet sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+35'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+463198'}^[17] and {'amount': '+479837'}^[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

History and Context

1867 marks the founding of Sylhet^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sylhet include Sylheti^[30], a natural language^[31], in Bangladesh^[32].

Why It Matters

Sylhet ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,704 views/month).^[2] Sylhet has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Sylhet is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Sylhet include Sylheti^[30], a natural language^[31], in Bangladesh^[32].