Narayanganj — Narayanganj Map Poster & Print

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Narayanganj Map Poster & Print

Narayanganj grew as a river port, and the Shitalakshya River is still the line that defines it. The city stretches along the western bank, just southeast of Dhaka, where boats, landing ghats and warehouses once handled much of the region's jute. On a map the river is the widest, calmest shape on the sheet, with the streets of the town crowding right up to its edge.

For much of the twentieth century Narayanganj was known as a jute centre, sometimes called the Dundee of the East, and the Adamjee jute mills here were among the largest in the world before they closed in 2002. Today the city is better known for knitwear and garment factories. Their long industrial plots show up on the map as broad blocks set among much finer residential lanes.

A Narayanganj map poster shows how tightly the city is woven. Narrow lanes branch off a few main roads, railway lines run toward Dhaka, and the built-up area thins out quickly into fields and waterways once you leave the riverbank. The Shitalakshya flows through it all, with the Dhaleshwari and Meghna not far beyond, a reminder that this has always been a city shaped by water.