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'''Dhaka''' ({{lang-bn|ঢাকা}} {{IPA-bn|ˈɖʱaka|pron}}; formerly spelled as Dacca<ref name=dacca>{{cite news|title=PAKISTAN: Dacca, City of the Dead|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876963,00.html|accessdate=15 November 2011|newspaper=Time|date=3 May 1971}}</ref>) is the [[capital (political)|capital city]] of the [[Bangladesh|People's Republic of Bangladesh]]. It is a [[megacity]] and one of the major cities of [[South Asia]]. Located on the east banks of the [[Buriganga River]] in the [[Ganges delta]], Dhaka has an estimated population of more than 15 million people, making it the largest city in Bangladesh and the [[List of urban agglomerations by population (United Nations)|9th largest city in the world]].<ref>World Bank (30 July 2010). [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BANGLADESHEXTN/Resources/295759-1271081222839/BDCAS.pdf Country Assistance Strategy for the People's Republic of Bangladesh for the Period FY11-14], page 4.</ref> It is known as the ''City of Mosques'', and with 400,000 cycle-rickshaws running on its streets every day, the city is described as the ''Rickshaw Capital of the World''. Dhaka is also one of the world's [[List of cities proper by population density|most densely populated cites]].<ref name="BangladeshStatPock2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/SubjectMatterDataIndex/pk_book_09.pdf|title=Statistical Pocket Book, 2008|publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics|format=PDF|accessdate=2009-08-15}}</ref><ref name="bbcnews1">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2300179.stm|title=Dhaka's beleaguered rickshaw wallahs|last=Lawson |first=Alastair|date=5 October 2002|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakacity.com.bd/ |title=everything about our city |publisher=Dhaka City |accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref>

 

 

Modern Dhaka is the centre of [[Politics of Bangladesh|political]] and [[Culture of Bangladesh|cultural]] life in Bangladesh, and serves as one of the two principal [[Economy of Bangladesh|economic]] and industrial centers of the country, along with the southern port city of [[Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/09/bangladeshi-art-in-the-picture/ |title=CNN report on Bangladeshi art |publisher=Business.blogs.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isesco.org.ma/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=50&Itemid=83&lang=en |title=Dhaka, Islamic Capital of Culture for the Asian Region |publisher=Isesco.org.ma |date=1992-09-20 |accessdate=2013-06-22}}</ref> Dhaka hosts the headquarters of several major [[non-governmental]] agencies in the [[developing world]], including the [[international development]] organization [[BRAC (NGO)|BRAC]], the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]-winning development institution [[Grameen Bank]] and the medical research institute [[ICDDR,B]]. The city has the most developed urban infrastructure in the country, however it suffers from chronic urban problems of poverty, pollution and [[overpopulation]] due to increasing rural-to-urban migration in Bangladesh. The city is modernizing its transport and communications, and has been attracting large volumes of foreign investments in recent years. Dhaka has also emerged as one of the fastest growing cities in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2013/04/08/the-worlds-fastest-growing-megacities/ |title=The World's Fastest-Growing Megacities |publisher=Forbes |date= |accessdate=2013-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10542218.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Danger in Dhaka, the fastest-growing city|date=7 July 2010}}</ref>