Sylhet
capital and largest city of Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
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Sylhet is a place in Sylhet District in Bangladesh. It was established in 1867.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sylhet District[3]
- Country: Bangladesh[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Amman[6], Konya[7], London[8], St Albans[9]
- Legislative body: Sylhet City Corporation[10]
- Postal code: 3100[11]
- Commons category: Sylhet[12]
- Inception: 1867[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sylhet[14]
- Population: 463,198[15], 479,837[16]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
- Capital of: Sylhet Division[18], Sylhet District[19], Sylhet Sadar Upazila[20]
- Category for people born here: Q26763311[21]
- Demonym: Sylheti[22], Syloti[23], Srihattan[24], ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ[25], श्रीहट्ट नागरी[26], सिलहटी[27], সিলেটি[28], ꠎꠟꠣꠟꠣꠛꠣꠖꠤ[29]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Sylhet[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Sylhet[31]
- Different from: Sylhet District[32], Sylhet Division[33], Sylhet Region[34], Sylhet Kingdom[35], Sylhet Trough[36], Sylhet Farm[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 35 m[38]
- Area: 26.50 km²[39]
- Name: Srihatta Nagar[40], ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠘꠉꠞ[41], सिलेट नगर निगम[42], সিলেট[43], Sylhet[44]
- Language used: Sylheti[45], Pnar[46], War[47], Meitei[48], Khasic[49]
- Economy of topic: economy of Sylhet[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Sylhet include Sylheti[51], a natural language[52], in Bangladesh[53].
Why It Matters
Sylhet has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Sylhet is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Sylhet include Sylheti[51], a natural language[52], in Bangladesh[53].