Savar is a city in central Bangladesh, in the Dhaka District of Dhaka Division, and is the closest separate city to the centre of Dhaka. It forms part of the Greater Dhaka conurbation. The 2022 census counted 384,105 people in Savar Paurashava, a municipality of 9 wards and 56 mahallas covering about 14 square kilometres, and the article ranks it as the second most populous city in the district. The name is thought to descend from an ancient township of the seventh and eighth centuries called Shorbeshshor or Shombhar on the Bangshi River. Savar was an early target of military action in the 1971 war, and in April 2013 the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building here killed 1,129 people.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
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
127,540 286,008 384,105
2. Savar (Wikipedia)
Demographics, census year
At the time of the 2022 census, Savar Paurashava
Part Of: Bangladesh, Lead
is a city in central Bangladesh
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation query
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation query at the city coordinates, bandQuote, Elevation query at the city coordinates, band
"elevation": 13.0
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/DhakaQuote, Zone Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dhaka
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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