Uttarkhan
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Uttarkhan
উত্তরখান | |
|---|---|
 Shrine of Shah Kabir | |
  Uttarkhan Location of Uttarkhan  Uttarkhan Uttarkhan (Dhaka division)  Uttarkhan Uttarkhan (Bangladesh) | |
| Coordinates: 23°52′48″N 90°26′38″E / 23.880082°N 90.443788°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Dhaka District |
| City Corporation | DNCC |
| Area | |
• Total | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 126,149 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1230 |
Uttarkhan is a neighborhood in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is located opposite the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. It extends from Abdullahpur in the west to the Termukh Bridge in the east in the northern part of Dhaka.
Surrounded by the Turag and Balu Rivers, Uttarkhan is bordered on the north by Gazipur Sadar Upazila, on the south by Dakshinkhan, on the west by Khilkhet, and on the east by Kaliganj Upazila.[1] On the opposite side lies the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.[2]
History
It is said that the Islamic preacher Shah Kabir settled in this area in 1601, having come from a place called Utrekhtan in the Indian subcontinent. For this reason, the place was named Uttarkhan.[3] In the past, it was an administrative union under Dhaka District,[4] which was divided into 16 wards.[5] In 2006, a police station was established for the neighbourhood.[6] Later, in 2015, a decision was made to merge it with the Dhaka North City Corporation.[7] After the expansion of the corporation's boundaries, the union was divided into 3 wards. The area, which had long been deprived of infrastructural development, experienced significant urbanization after being incorporated into Dhaka North on 26 July 2017. Around the same time, for the construction of the Purbachal Expressway, the Bangladesh Army built roads in Uttarkhan to facilitate construction work, which improved the area's transport system.[2] In 2022, according to the Detailed Area Plan prepared by the Capital Development Authority, a proposal was made to construct an eco-park and a water park in Uttarkhan.[8]
