Armanitola

Statue located inside the Armenian Church in Dhaka.

Armanitola (Bengali: আরমানিটোলা) is an area in the old city of Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. The district takes its name from the Armenian settlement that surrounded an Armenian church there.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Herbert Feldman, Pakistan: an introduction, Oxford University Press, 1968, p.98
  2. ↑ Ali, Ansar; Chaudhury, Sushil; Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Armenians, The". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ↑ Lawson, Alastair (10 January 2003). "The mission of Dhaka's last Armenian". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Kabir, Tasneem Tayeb (23 December 2011). "The Armenian Church: Legacy of a Bygone Era". The Independent (Dhaka). Retrieved 27 March 2012.

Coordinates: 23°42′50″N 90°24′07″E / 23.714°N 90.402°E / 23.714; 90.402


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