Sylhet

সিলট Sylhet
Coordinates	24 ° 54 '  N , 91 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 24 ° 54 '  N , 91 ° 52'  E
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
division	Sylhet
District	Sylhet
Residents	479,837 (2011)
Center of Sylhet

Sylhet ( English ; Sylheti : সিলট , Silaṭ , Silot ; Bengali : সিলেট , Sileṭ , Silet ; formerly শ্রীহট্ট , Śrīhaṭṭa , Shrihatta ) is a city in the Asian state of Bangladesh . It is the capital of the administrative region of the same name Sylhet in the north-east of the country and currently (2011) has a population of 479,837.

Population development

year	population
1991	117,396
2001	263.197
2011	479,837

sons and daughters of the town

• Humayun Rasheed Choudhury (1928–2001), politician and diplomat
• Rani Hamid (* 1944), chess player
• Runa Laila (* 1952), singer

Personalities associated with the city

• Frederick Henry Litchfield (1832–1867), Australian explorer, died in the city

climate

Sylhet
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     8th   25th 13     31   27 14th     146   30th 18th     372   31 21st     569   31 23     796   31 24     834   31 25th     621   32 25th     548   31 24     232   31 23     30th   29 18th     13   26th 14th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: WMO

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Sylhet Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 25.2 27.1 30.4 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.6 31.2 30.9 29.2 26.3 O 29.6 Min. Temperature (° C) 12.9 14.2 18.1 20.8 22.6 24.4 24.9 25.0 24.3 22.5 18.4 14.0 O 20.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 8.0 31.0 146.0 372.0 569.0 796.0 834.0 621.0 548.0 232.0 30.0 13.0 Σ 4,200 Rainy days ( d ) 1.0 3.0 8.0 16.0 19.0 24.0 28.0 25.0 20.0 9.0 1.0 0.0 Σ 154 Source: WMO

traffic

Sylhet is on the Akhaura – Kulaura – Chhatak railway line . The Osmani International Airport is located north of the city and provides national and international connections.

Web links

Commons : Sylhet  - collection of images, videos and audio files