Ramna
রমনা | |
|---|---|
 Bengali New Year celebrations in Ramna Park | |
  Ramna Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 23°44.5′N 90°24.5′E / 23.7417°N 90.4083°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Dhaka District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.84 km2 (1.48 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 195,167 |
| • Density | 24,862/km2 (64,390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | Official Map of the Ramna Thana |
Ramna Thana (Bengali: রমনা থানা) is a police jurisdiction in central Dhaka. It is a historic colonial neighborhood. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during British rule in the late 19th century. It became a focal point for Dhaka's modernization in the 1960s. It was the scene of many tumultuous events that ushered the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The Ramna Thana falls under the jurisdiction of the Dhaka South City Corporation.
The Ramna Thana area hosts the Ramna Park (also known as Ramna Green) which is the largest park in Dhaka, seen being akin to Calcutta's Maidan, London's Hyde Park and New York's Central Park. The annual parades and concerts of the Bengali New Year take place in the Ramna Thana area.
The Ramna Thana is also home to other important sites including the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) headquarters, the InterContinental Dhaka hotel, the Dhaka Club and the official residences of the Bangladeshi ministers and official state guest houses.
Geography
Ramna Thana is at 23°44′30″N 90°24′30″E / 23.7417°N 90.4083°E. It has an area of 3.84 square kilometres (1.48 sq mi).[1]
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census (at that time Ramna Thana also included the thanas of Shahbagh and parts of Hatirjheel, which separated were later separated), the Ramna Thana had a population of 195,167. Males constituted 58.32% of the population and females 41.68%. The Thana's population of those aged 18 and higher was 127,049.[2]
In popular culture
In Islamabad, Pakistan, 'Ramna' refers to the areas that fall under the G series, the name of which was borrowed from this neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This name was given at the time East Pakistan was still a part of Pakistan and meant to acknowledge its importance to West Pakistan. The term is used for G-series sectors from G-5 (Ramna-5) up to G-17 (Ramna-17) which is the last sector of this series in Islamabad. There is also the Model Police Station Ramna situated in Islamabad's G-11 sector. [3]
See also
References
- ↑ Md. Mosharraf Hossain Sarkar (2012), "Ramna Thana", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, archived from the original on 2022-01-22, retrieved 2023-12-06
- ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ↑ Dawn.com: Whats in the name?, archived from the original on 2023-02-14, retrieved 2023-12-06