Sylhet District
district of Bangladesh
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Summary
Sylhet District is a district of Bangladesh[1]. It draws 536 Wikipedia views per month (district of bangladesh category, ranking #9 of 64).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sylhet Division[3]
- Country: Bangladesh[4]
- Capital: Sylhet[5]
- Shares border with: Sunamganj District[6], Habiganj District[7], Moulvibazar District[8]
- Commons category: Sylhet District[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC+06:00[10]
- Official website: http://www.sylhet.gov.bd[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sylhet District[12]
- Population: 3,434,188[13], 3,857,123[14]
- Official name: সিলেট জেলা[15]
- Number of households: 596,081[16]
- Female population: 1,707,223[17]
- Male population: 1,726,965[18]
- Different from: Sylhet[19], Sylhet Division[20], Sylhet Region[21], Sylhet Kingdom[22]
- Area: 3452.07 km²[23], 853,026 acres[24]
- Name: ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ[25], সিলেট জেলা[26]
- Language used: Sylheti[27], Pnar[28], War[29], Meitei[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[31]
Why It Matters
Sylhet District has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]