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ID: 7002586
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002586
Record Type:
administrative
Dhaka (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 23 43 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 23.7167
decimal degrees
Long: 090 22 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 90.3667
decimal degrees
Note:
Was trading center for French, Dutch & English; today is largest city in Bangladesh; is a river port trading in textiles, soap, rubber & jute; site of 2 universities; site where Pakistan surrendered to India in 1971 war.
Names:
Dhaka
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Dhākā
(
C
,
V
)
Dacca
(
C
,
O
)
Dakka
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Bangladesh
(nation) (
P
)
............
Dhaka
(national division) (
P
)
................
Dhaka
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since 1st mill. AD; received great notoriety in 17th cen. as Mughal capital of Bengal province
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
............
since 1971
port (
C
)
river settlement (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
university center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of Mogul province of E Bengal, 1608-1704; of British province of E Bengal & Assam, 1905-1912
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Bangladesh
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Asia) [1000105]
Sources and Contributors:
Dacca..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
114
Dakka..........
[
VP
]
..............
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-43
Dhaka..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
551
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
55
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
310
Dhākā..........
[
VP
]
..............
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
551
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
551
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-43
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
55
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
114
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
310
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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