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{{EngvarB|date=April 2013}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|image_skyline official_name = Gulshan Montage.jpgThana
| native_name = গুলশান থানা
|image_caption = '''Clockwise from top''': Gulshan 2 skyline seen from Baridhara Lake; Embassy of Indonesia; Gulshan Lake Park; Gulshan 1 Circle; Gulshan Avenue▼
| subdivision_type5settlement_type = [[DivisionsUpazilas of Bangladesh|DivisionThana]]▼
|image_map = Gulshan.png▼
|map_caption image_skyline = Gulshan Thana (By towns)Montage.jpg
|coordinates image_alt = {{coord|23.7917|N|90.4167|E|display=title,inline}}
▲|image_caption image_caption = '''Clockwise from top''': Gulshan 2 skyline seen from Baridhara Lake; Embassy of Indonesia; Gulshan Lake Park; Gulshan 1 Circle; Gulshan Avenue
|subdivision_type = Police Station▼
| blank_emblem_link =
|subdivision_name = H-32, 115 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dmp.gov.bd/find-your-local-police/ | title=Find Your Local Police – Dhaka Metropolitan Police }}</ref>▼
|subdivision_type2 established_title = MunicipalityGulshan Founded
| established_date = 1961<ref name=Banglapedia></ref>▼
|subdivision_name2 = [[Dhaka North City Corporation]]▼
| established_title1 = Thana Formed▼
|subdivision_type3 = Country▼
| established_date1 = 1972<ref name=Banglapedia></ref>▼
|subdivision_name3 = [[Bangladesh]]▼
| subdivision_type4pushpin_map = [[DistrictsBangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh ofDhaka division#Bangladesh|District]]
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Gulshan Thana within Dhaka##Location of Gulshan Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Gulshan Thana within Bangladesh
| subdivision_name4 = [[Dhaka District]]▼
| pushpin_label_position = right
▲| subdivision_type5 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| image_map1 = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|type=point|id=|frame-width=200|frame-height=220|stroke-width=1|zoom=14|frame-align=center|frame-lat=|frame-long=|title=Gulshan}}
| subdivision_name5 = [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]]
| map_caption1 = Expandable map of vicinity of Gulshan Thana
▲| subdivision_type = Police Station[[Country]]
▲|subdivision_name3 subdivision_name = [[{{flag|Bangladesh]]}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
▲| subdivision_name4subdivision_name1 = [[Dhaka DistrictDivision]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
▲| subdivision_name2 = [[Dhaka North City CorporationDistrict]]
▲| subdivision_type3 = CountryPolice Station
▲|subdivision_name subdivision_name3 = H-32, 115 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dmp.gov.bd/find-your-local-police/ | title=Find Your Local Police – Dhaka Metropolitan Police }}</ref>
|population_total population_total = 145,969253050▼
|population_as_of population_as_of = 20212011▼
| population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>{{cite web|url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf|title=Population & Housing Census |date=2011 |author=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |publisher=Bangladesh Government |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903181037/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|population_density_km2 population_density_km2 = auto28593▼
| area_total_km2 = 8.85 02▼
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="Elevation of Dhaka">{{cite web|url=http://dateandtime.info/citycoordinates.php?id=1185241 |title=Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh |publisher=DATEANDTIME.INFO|access-date=7 July 2016 }}</ref>
| elevation_m = 23
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
|other_name utc_offset = +6▼
| coordinates = {{coord|23.7917|N|90.4167|E|display=title,inline}}
| postal_code_type =
| area_code = 1212<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/6aaeabe4-479b-4e5a-a671-e9e5b994bf9a | title=ডাক অধিদপ্তর }}</ref>▼
▲|image_map website = Gulshan.png
|unit_pref footnotes = Metric▼
| name =
}}▼
 
 
|established_title = Gulshan Founded
▲|established_date = 1961<ref name=Banglapedia></ref>
▲|established_title1 = Thana Formed
▲|established_date1 = 1972<ref name=Banglapedia></ref>
▲|other_name =
▲|area_code = 1212<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/6aaeabe4-479b-4e5a-a671-e9e5b994bf9a | title=ডাক অধিদপ্তর }}</ref>
▲|unit_pref = Metric
▲|area_total_km2 = 8.85
|area_footnotes = <ref name=Banglapedia></ref>
▲|population_as_of = 2021
▲|population_total = 145,969
▲|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_footnotes =<ref name=Banglapedia></ref>
 
▲}}
 
'''Gulshan''' ({{lang-bn|গুলশান}}) is a [[Thanas of Bangladesh|thana]] situated in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. It is an affluent residential and business [[neighbourhood]];<ref name=Kajalie>{{cite news
| last = Islam
| first = KajalieK. ShehreenS.
| title = The Death of Dhaka's Posh Spots
| publisher = Daily Star
| date = 16 June 2004
|author-link=Kajalie Shehreen Islam
| url = http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/07/03/cover.htm
| access-date = 2007-12-16}}</ref><ref name=Imran>{{cite news
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== Geography ==
[[File:Gulshan.png|thumb|left|Gulshan Thana (By towns)]]
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| coord = {{coord|23.7917|90.4167}} <!--lat and long coordinates for middle of the map -->
| zoom = 13 <!--zoom 0=whole world, 18=a street.-->
| label = Gulshan 2
| mark-coord = {{coord|23.7940793|90.4141235}}
| label-pos = right
| float = left
}}
The Gulshan Thana comprises an area of 8.85&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, consisting of ward 18 and ward 19 (partial),<ref>[http://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/0aa12667_6743_4c41_9382_da586a5f7714/dhaka.pdf Dhaka Division. As of July 2016] bbs.portal.gov.bd</ref> including Gulshan Model Town, consisting of Gulshan circle 1 and circle 2, [[Banani (neighbourhood)|Banani]], [[Baridhara Diplomatic Zone]], [[Mohakhali]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/niketan-mohakhali-rickshaw-odyssey-1429828|title=From Niketan to Mohakhali: A Rickshaw Odyssey|language=en|date=2017-07-17|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2023-12-06|archive-date=2023-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202062246/https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/niketan-mohakhali-rickshaw-odyssey-1429828|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Niketan]] Housing Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270157525|title=Urban Morphological Change Analysis of Dhaka City, Bangladesh, Using Space Syntax|accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref> 50% of the area is residential, 20% commercial and 12% is the diplomatic area. 18% of land in Gulshan consists of other areas, including [[slum]]s, of which the biggest is the Karail slum and [[Gulshan Lake]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/7434/yellow-rickshaw-scheme-misses-the-mark|title=Yellow rickshaw scheme misses the mark|language=en|date=2016-10-16|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2023-12-06|archive-date=2023-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114041946/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/7434/yellow-rickshaw-scheme-misses-the-mark|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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==Demography==
[[File:Gulshan Central Mosque and surroundings.jpg|thumb|left|Gulshan Azad Mosque is the largest mosque in North Dhaka]]
As per 1991 Bangladesh census,<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=Population Census Wing, BBS.|url=http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm|archive-date=27 March 2005|access-date=10 November 2006}}</ref> 93.65% of the Gulshan population are Muslims.
 
== Urban layout ==
[[File:Gulshan, Dhaka (26079393433).jpg|thumb|left|Westin and Crowne Plaza hotels in Gulshan 2]]
[[File:GulshanDhaka.jpg|thumb|left|Apartment blocks and commercial offices in Gulshan 2]]
[[Thoroughfare]]s in the area are beautified by major cellphone companies of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Sadique
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