Greater Dhaka

Dhaka Metropolitan area ঢাকা মহানগর এলাকা
Megalopolis
Dhaka Metropolitan area
Satellite image of Greater Dhaka metropolitan region
Flag
Dhaka city is shown in blue and other towns and cities are shown in red
City corporation and Municipalities	DNCC DSCC Gazipur Narayanganj Tongi Savar Siddhirganj Keraniganj Fatullah
Government
• Body	Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Area
• Megalopolis	2,569.55 km2 (992.11 sq mi)
• Water	385.35 km² km2 (148.8 sq mi sq mi)  15%
• Metro	867.49 km2 (334.10 sq. mi sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Megalopolis	21,551,232
Demonym	Dhakabashi (Bengali: ঢাকাবাসী)
GDP (PPP, constant 2023 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$285.1 billion[1]
• Per capita	$12,300
Time zone	UTC+6

Greater Dhaka (Bengali: বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban centre but also due to massive internal displacement from millions of people living in a perennially flood-prone river delta.