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  1. Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a population magnet, covers an area of 20,508.8 km 2 with a population in excess of 44 million, It is the most populous country second level division of the world, growing at 1.94% rate since prior count, compared with national ...

  2. Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.

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  4. Dhaka Division: Dhaka district, Faridpur district, Mymensingh district, Tangail district; Chittagong Division: Hill Tracts district, Chittagong district, Comilla district, Noakhali district, Sylhet district. Rajshahi Division: Bogra district, Dinajpur district, Rajshahi district, Rangpur district, Pabna district.

  5. In 1983, the English spelling of the Dacca division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed to Dhaka to more closely match the Bangla pronunciation. In 1993, Barisal division was split off from Khulna. Barisal (Bengali: বরিশাল) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.

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