Kaliakair is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Gazipur District in Dhaka Division. It is the administrative and urban centre of Kaliakair Upazila, the sub-district that bears its name. According to the English Wikipedia article on the city, about 250,000 people live there, which ranks it as the 16th largest city in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country in South Asia, so the Geography Atlas files Kaliakair among the cities of Southern Asia. The source article is short, so this entry records only the location of the city, its role as an upazila centre and its reported size.
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1. citypopulation.de: Bangladesh: Districts and Urban Places
citypopulation.deCities and urban places table, 2022 census columnQuote, Cities and urban places table, 2022 census column
157,162 249,111
2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/DhakaQuote, Zone Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dhaka
Kaliakair (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Bangladesh, LeadQuote, Part Of: Bangladesh, Lead
is a city in central Bangladesh
Bangladesh (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead, Bangladesh in Asia
is a country in South Asia
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead, Bangladesh in South Asia
is a country in South Asia
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