Geographical location: 240 36'-25011 'north latitude 910 38'-9 2030' East longitude.
Area 3,490.40 sq km or 1347.65 square miles.
Khasia-Jaintia Hills of India on the north, Moulvibazar district on the south, Cachar and Karimganj districts of India on the east, Sunamganj and Habiganj districts on the west.
Annual average maximum temperature is 33.20 C, minimum temperature is 13.60 C
Annual total rainfall of 3334 m.
Sylhet's main and longest river Surma (350km), the other major river is Kushiyara. There are a total of 82 haor-bills in this district. Among them, Singhua Bills (12.65 sq km), Chatla Bills (11.86 sq km) are notable.
Total reserve forest is of 236.42 sq km in Sylhet Part of the Khasia and Jaintia hills in India are special in the upper east corner of the district.
There are several hillocks and hills in Sylhet, among which the Jaintapur Tila (54 meters), Shari Tila (92m), Lalakhal Tila (135m), Tikla Division (77.7m) of Dhaka South are notable
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Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS