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Sylhet Division, Bangladeshi
Regional Level Types
Sylhet DivisionDivision
BangladeshCountry

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Area:
3,452 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sylhet237,000 (2016)
Habiganj88,760 (2016)
Maulavi Bāzār57,441 (2016)
Chhātak39,218 (2016)
Baniachang37,807 (2016)
Jahedpur3,000 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
269345
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:269345:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Bengali:
সিলেট বিভাগ, বাংলাদেশ
French:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
German:
Sylhet, Bangladesch
Italian:
divisione di Sylhet, Bangladesh
Russian:
Силхет, Бангладеш
Simplified Chinese:
錫爾赫特專區, 孟加拉国
Spanish:
Sylhet, Bangladés
Arabic:
إقليم سيلهيت, بنغلاديش
Basque:
Sylhet dibisioa, Bangladesh
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
সিলেট বিভাগ, বাংলাদেশ
Bulgarian:
Силхет, Бангладеш
Catalan:
Divisió de Sylhet, Bangla Desh
Cebuano:
Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Dutch:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Esperanto:
Silheto, Bangladeŝo
Estonian:
Sylheti jaotis, Bangladesh
Farsi/Persian:
استان سیلهت, بنگلادش
Finnish:
Sylhetin alue, Bangladesh
Greek:
Σιλέτ, Μπανγκλαντές
Hindi:
सिलहट विभाग, बांग्लादेश
Indonesian:
Divisi Sylhet, Bangladesh
Japanese:
シレット管区, バングラデシュ
Korean:
실렛 구, 방글라데시
Lithuanian:
Silhato sritis, Bangladešas
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
सिलेट विभाग, बंगलादेश
Northern Frisian:
Sylhet, Bangladesch
Norwegian:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Pashto:
سلهټ ډويژن, بنگلدېش
Polish:
Srihotto, Bangladesz
Portuguese:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Scots:
Sylhet Diveesion, Bangladesh
Sundanese:
Divisi Sylhet, Bangladés
Swedish:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Tamil:
சில்ஹெட் கோட்டம், வங்காளதேசம்
Traditional Chinese:
錫爾赫特專區, 孟加拉國
Ukrainian:
Сілет, Бангладеш
Urdu:
سلہٹ ڈویژن, بنگلہ دیش
Venetian:
Divixion de Sylhet, Bangladesh
Vietnamese:
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Western Punjabi:
سلہٹ ڈویژن, بنگلہ دیش
Wu Chinese:
锡尔赫特专区, 孟加拉


Sylhet Division is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, and Tripura to the north, east, and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylhet_Division
Wikidata ID:Q459732
GeoNames ID:1477362

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