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'''Sylhet City Corporation''' area 27.36 sq km, located in between 24°51´ and 24°55´ north latitudes and in between 91°50´ and 91°54´ east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Sylhet Sadar Upazila|sylhet sadar]][[Sylhet Sadar Upazila|r]] upazila on the north, [[Dakshin Surma Upazila|dakshin surma]] upazila on the south, Sylhet Sadar upazila on the east, Dakshin Surma and Sylhet Sadar upazilas on the west.

''Population'' Total 270606; male 142320, female 128286.

''Water bodies'' Main River: Surma.

''Administration'' Sylhet Municipality was formed in 1867 and it was turned into City Corporation on April 9, 2001.

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| [[Image:SylhetCityCorporation.jpg|thumb|center|400px]] || [[Image:SylhetCityCorporationMA.jpg|thumb|center|400px|]]
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{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
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| colspan="5" | City Corporation
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| City Corporation || Thana || Word || Mahalla
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| 1 || 4 || 27 || 218
|}

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
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| colspan="9" | Thana
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| City Corporation Thana || Area (sq km) || Ward || Mahalla || Population || Density (per sq km) || Literacy rate (%)
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| Kotwali Model || 17.22 || 18 || 144 || 168271 || 9772 || 71.75
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| Jalalabad (part) || 0.96 || 1 || 8 || 7409 || 6160 || 67.98
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| Dakshin Surma (part) || 2.7 || 2 || 10 || 19912 || 7375 || 64.13
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| Bimanbondar (part) || 1.84 || 2 || 22 || 22654 || 12312 || 71.38
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| Shah Paran (part) || 4.64 || 4 || 42 || 52360 || 11284 || 66.70
|}

''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

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| colspan="5" | Sylhet City Corporation at A Glance
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| First Chairman || Ray Bahadur Dulal Chandra Deb
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| Municipality was formed || 1867
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| Upgraded to City Corporation || 9 April 2001
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| First Mayor || Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
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| Number of holding || 29381
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| Wards || 27
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| Ward commissioners || 27
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| Reserved Seats for woman commissioners || 9
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| Police Station || 2
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| Roads || 21998 km
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| Park || 3
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| Community Center || 30
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| Gymnasium || 3
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| Graveyard and Cemetery || 4
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| Bus Terminals || 2
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| Traffic Signal || 7
|}
''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Field Reports.

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'''References''' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of 2007; Field reports of Sylhet city corporation.

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