Chowkbazar ( bn, চকবাজার), also called Chawkbazar Model Thana, is a
Thana
Thana means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station.
* Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''upazila''
* in (Briti ...
of
Dhaka District
Dhaka District ( bn, ঢাকা জেলা, Dhaka jela) is a district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and rests on the eastern banks o ...
in the Division of
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It was formed in August 2009 from parts of
Lalbagh Thana
Lalbagh ( bn, লালবাগ) is a neighbourhood of the Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Lalbagh is located at 23° 42' N, 90° 22' E. It was formerly larger, with a total area of . The district has since split, ...
and
Kotwali Thana, and has an area of 2.07 km
2.
It includes the
Chowk Bazaar
Chawk Bazaar is a bazaar in Chowkbazar Thana, Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. It dates back to the Mughal period.
Shai Mosque
Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque was built in 1676. This three domed mosque was made by Shaista Khan. Made on 10 feet high platfor ...
and was the site of the
February 2019 Dhaka fire
On 20 February 2019, a fire broke out in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The fire started in a road accident between a pickup van and a private car. After the collision, the car's gas cylinder exploded. The fire then spread to a group of buildings being used ...
.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Old Dhaka
Thanas of Dhaka
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