Neighbourhoods in Dhaka Metropolitan Area#Purbachal

{{short description|List of neighbourhoods of metropolitan area of Dhaka, Bangladesh}}

Dhaka ({{langx|bn|ঢাকা}}), formerly known as Dacca,{{cite book|last=Choguill|first=C.L.|title=New Communities for Urban Squatters: Lessons from the Plan That Failed in Dhaka, Bangladesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slvlBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8|year=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4613-1863-7|page=viii|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605175215/https://books.google.com/books?id=slvlBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8|url-status=live}} is the capital of Bangladesh.{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-dozens-killed-in-fire-at-residential-high-rise/a-68411890 | title=Bangladesh: Dozens killed in fire at residential high-rise – DW – 02/29/2024 | website=Deutsche Welle }} It is the ninth-largest and the sixth-most densely populated city in the world, with a population of 8.9 million residents within the city limits, and a population of over 21 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/aug/19/an-urbanists-guide-to-dhaka-an-unplanned-urban-sprawl | title=The urbanist's guide to Dhaka, Bangladesh: 'an unplanned sprawl' | newspaper=The Guardian | date=19 August 2014 | last1=Ahmed | first1=Ershad }} Dhaka is the economic,{{cite web | url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/753743 | title=Dhaka grabs over 60% of national savings | date=June 2024 }} political, and cultural center of Bangladesh, and is one of the major cities in South Asia, the largest city in Eastern South Asia.{{cite web | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/bangladesh-opens-first-metro-service-to-ease-dhaka-traffic/6894764.html | title=Bangladesh Opens First Metro Service to Ease Dhaka Traffic | date=28 December 2022 }}

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The major suburb areas which are a part of the Dhaka Metropolitan Area and Greater Dhaka urban area are:

Dhaka District

=Dhaka North City Corporation=

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=Dhaka South City Corporation=

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=Savar Upazila=

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=Keraniganj Upazila=

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Hasnabad
Jinjira
Tegharia
Jhilmil

Gazipur District

Narayanganj District

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Purbachal

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Purbachal Residential Model Town is the biggest planned township in Bangladesh.{{cite web|url=http://www.rajuk.gov.bd/site/project/fdd1a995-7887-408a-a4da-ac82f7f25bb9/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA|title=Purbachal New Town}} The project area consists of about 6,227 acres (25 square kilometer) land located in between the Shitalakshya River and the Balu River at Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj District and at Kaliganj Upazila of Gazipur District, in the northeastern side of Dhaka.