Greater Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan area
ঢাকা মহানগর এলাকা | |
|---|---|
| Dhaka Metropolitan area | |
Satellite image of Greater Dhaka metropolitan region | |
Dhaka city is shown in blue and other towns and cities are shown in red | |
| City corporation and Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| Area | |
| 2,569.55 km2 (992.11 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 385.35 km² km2 (148.8 sq mi sq mi) 15% |
| • Metro | 867.49 km2 (334.10 sq. mi sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| 23,981,232 | |
| GDP (Nominal, 2023) | |
| • Megalopolis | US$85.5 billion |
| • Per capita | US$3,700 |
Greater Dhaka (Bengali: বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban centre but also due to massive internal displacement from millions of people living in a perennially flood-prone river delta.