Dhaka District - Religion

Religion

Religion in Dhaka District
religion percent
Islam 92%
Hinduism 5%
Christianity 2%
Buddhism 1%

The district of Dhaka consists 12000 mosques, 3012 temples, 530 churches, 174 Buddhist temples, three pagodas and a synagogue. For many times, Islam is the majority population in Dhaka, but they have 1300 mosques, but they gained 10700 more mosques in this districts. It is called the City of Mosques.

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