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Sylhet District

district of Bangladesh
AdministrativeArea district_of_bangladesh Q2093352

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
district of Bangladesh
Country
Bangladesh[3]
Official website
www.sylhet.gov.bd[9]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 24.883°, 91.867°
Area
+3452.07, +853026[20][21]
Capital
Sylhet[4]
Different from
Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Sylhet Region, Sylhet Kingdom[16][17][18][19]
Female population
+1707223[14]
Language used
Sylheti, Pnar, War, Meitei[24][25][26][27]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Sylhet Division, Chattogram Division, Assam Province, Eastern Bengal and Assam, Bengal Presidency[2]
Located in time zone
UTC+06:00[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata UTC+06:00 GeoNames Asia/Dhaka edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Male population
+1726965[15]
Name
ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ, সিলেট জেলা[22][23]
Number of households
+596081[13]
Official name
সিলেট জেলা[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[28]
Population
+3434188, +3857123[10][11]
Shares border with
Sunamganj District, Habiganj District, Moulvibazar District[5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sylhet District en Sylhet Zila ar مقاطعة سيلهيت de Sylhet el Σιλχέτ es Sylhet Distrito es Distrito de Sylhet fa ناحیه سیلهت fi Sylhetin kaupunginosa fr district de Sylhet fr Sylhet (district) fr Sylhet (zila) fr zila de Sylhet he מחוז סילהט hi सिलहट जिला id Distrik Sylhet it distretto di Sylhet it Distretto di Sylhet ja シレット県 ko 실렛구
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
126679025
Library of Congress authority ID
n81071719
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kanaighat Vegetable Market.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
01581090n
Bangladesh administrative division code (2017-)
60 91
Bangladesh administrative division code (pre-2017)
60 91
Banglapedia ID (Bengali)
সিলেট_জেলা
Banglapedia ID (English)
Sylhet_District
Freebase ID
/m/06_st1
GADM ID
BGD.7.4_1
GNS Unique Feature ID
217446
GeoNames ID
1337189
Show all 24 identifiers +12
INaturalist place ID
27112
ISO 3166-2 code
BD-60
MusicBrainz area ID
501a4989-e08a-4d7d-acfa-c1f1d99cbcf4
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007566714005171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
9514619
SNARC ID
Schoondijke
Topic's main category
Category:Sylhet District
Vikidia article ID
en:Sylhet_district
Who's on First ID
421187795
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Sylhet", "Sylhet", "Bangladesh"}]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmdrwPQxk73mx6VW6CG73
Yale LUX ID
place/09af266e-f1af-4808-8290-d464944ec783

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 16
Sylhet, Badarpur, Sylhet Sadar Upazila, Zakiganj Upazila, Kanaighat Upazila, Beanibazar Upazila, Companiganj Upazila, Gowainghat Upazila +8 more
People born here 6
Tarakishore Choudhury, Khalil Ullah Khan, Swami Shivananda Baba, Rawshan Ara Bachchu, Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Rasheda K Chowdhury
Located in the administrative territorial entity 5
Chattogram Division, Sylhet Division, Bengal Presidency, Eastern Bengal and Assam, Assam Province
Language used 4
Sylheti, Meitei, War, Pnar
Shares border with 3
Moulvibazar District, Habiganj District, Sunamganj District
← Indigenous to 3
Sylheti, War, Pnar
← Shares border with 3
Moulvibazar District, Habiganj District, Sunamganj District
Different from 2
Sylhet, Sylhet Division
← Different from 2
Sylhet, Sylhet Division
Capital 1
Sylhet
Country 1
Bangladesh
Instance of 1
district of Bangladesh
Located in this place 1
Khadim Nagar National Park
Located in time zone 1
UTC+06:00
SNARC ID 1
Schoondijke
Topic's main category 1
Category:Sylhet District
← Capital of 1
Sylhet
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Upazilas of Sylhet District
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sylhet District
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Sylhet Division
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Summary

Sylhet District is a district of Bangladesh[1].

Related Entities

Bangladesh Sylhet

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011, Community Report: Sylhet Zila. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Population and Housing Census 2022, District Report: Sylhet. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011, Community Report: Sylhet Zila. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011, Community Report: Sylhet Zila. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011, Community Report: Sylhet Zila. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011, Community Report: Sylhet Zila. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . redalyc.org. redalyc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 31
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'bpy', 'ca', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'it', 'ko', 'ks',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58868|batch #58868]]"
  2. 19w ago · Ainali · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kanaighat Vegetable Market.jpg, Keane Bridge and Ali Amjad's Clock, Sylhet.jpg
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Govdirectory
    Wikidata description → district of Bangladesh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37829|batch #37829]]: GovdirectoryBangladeshFocus"
  3. 23w ago · আফতাবুজ্জামান · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Sylhet", "Sylhet", "Bangl
    Image → Kanaighat Vegetable Market.jpg, Keane Bridge and Ali Amjad's Clock, Sylhet.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠎꠤꠟꠣ.jpg"
  4. 24w ago · ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Kanaighat Vegetable Market.jpg, Keane Bridge and Ali Amjad's Clock, Sylhet.jpg
    Location map → BD Districts Sylhet.svg
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Sylhet", "Sylhet", "Bangl
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Sylhet", "Sylhet", "Bangladesh"}]"
  5. 24w ago · ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Female population → {'amount': '+1707223'}
    Country → Bangladesh
    Country → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Page banner: Ratargul Swamp Forest Sylhet banner.jpg"
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