Farashganj
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Farashganj | |
Etymology: Farash (French) + ganj (town) | |
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Coordinates: 23°42′08″N 90°25′07″E / 23.70222°N 90.41861°E | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Dhaka |
District | Dhaka District |
City Corporation | Dhaka South City Corporation |
Thana | Sutrapur |
Ward | 43 |
Founded by | French East India Company |
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Languages | |
• Official | Bengali |
• Historical | French |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
Postal code | 1100 |
Farashganj (Bengali: ফরাশগঞ্জ [pʰɔɾaʃɡɔnd͡ʒ], French: Farasgange [faʁasɡɑ̃ʒ]) is a neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The name comes from the Bengali word for French which is Forashi and ganj, meaning market-town.[1][2]