SYLHET

Sylhet Division · BANGLADESH (BD) · 24.90°N / 91.87°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 1,185,099

Sylhet is a city in Bangladesh with a population of 237,000. It sits at 24.90/91.87, runs on Asia/Dhaka, is 23 km from Jahedpur.

Population 237,000

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Dhaka

All facts

fields

Country: Bangladesh
Subdivision: Sylhet Division
Coords: 24.90°N / 91.87°E
UTC offset: +6
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 7 · within 50 km

W Jahedpur Sylhet Division 3,000 23.6 km

NW Chhātak Sylhet Division 39,218 25.6 km

NW Shella Meghalaya 54,039 38.9 km

S Maulavi Bāzār Sylhet Division 57,441 46.6 km

E Batarashi Assam 7,001 46.9 km

N Cherrapunjee Meghalaya 11,722 47.9 km

E Karīmganj Assam 56,854 49.0 km

Air access

nearby

ZYL

Osmany International Airport

Large airport

0.0 km

Universities

linked

Sylhet Agricultural University

sau.ac.bd

Sylhet Engineering College

sec.ac.bd

Sylhet International University

siu.edu.bd

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Sylhet?: 237,000 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Sylhet in?: Asia/Dhaka.
Which country is Sylhet in?: Bangladesh (BD).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/1185099

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  "data": {
    "id": 1185099,
    "name": "Sylhet",
    "ascii_name": "Sylhet",
    "country_code": "BD",
    "population": 237000,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Dhaka",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": 24.89904,
    "longitude": 91.87198
  }
}