Sylhet Sadar Upazila
| Sylhet Sadar সিলেট সদর |
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| Division | Sylhet Division |
| District | Sylhet District |
| Government | |
| • MPs (Sylhet-1, Sylhet-3) | Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (1-AL) Mahmuu-us Samad Chowdhury (3-AL) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 323.17 km2 (124.78 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 554,412 |
| • Density | 1,071/km2 (2,770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 3100-14 |
Sylhet Sadar (Bengali: সিলেট সদর) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Sylhet Sadar is located at 24°53′30″N 91°53′00″E / 24.8917°N 91.8833°E. It has 86074 households and total area 323.17 km². The city of Sylhet is located within central of Sylhet Sadar.
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sylhet Sadar had a population of 554,412, of whom 287,304 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 52.51% of the population, and females 47.49%. Sylhet Sadar had an average literacy rate of 87.6%, among them male 49.0%, female 51.0% (7+ years), and with the national average being 32.4% literate. Major religions are Muslim 81.26%, Hindu 17.43%, Buddhist, Christian and others 0.31%.
The rich culture of Sylhet Sadar Upazila includes such major national festivals as Bangladesh Independence Day, Victory Day, Language Movement Day, Pohela Baishakh are widely celebrate in the upazila. Traditional and religious festivals like Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Raspurnima, Jhulan Jatra and Roth Jatra, Christmas and other religious festivals are peacefully and widely celebrate by people of different religions. It is the place of the mausoleum of the great saint Hazrat Shahjalal (R). There are also lots of historical and cultural places are situated in this upazila.
Sylhet Sadar has 1 city corporation & 27 Wards, 275 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 709 villages. The most important unions of Sylhet Sadar are:
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