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Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban

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Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is the parliament house of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka and designed by the American architect Louis Kahn. Originally commissioned for the parliament of what was then East Pakistan, it became the seat of Bangladesh's legislature after independence and, covering roughly 840,000 square metres, is counted among the largest legislative complexes in the world.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Dhaka, Bangladesh 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1982 2
Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account
155 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source National Assembly Building, Dhaka (Wikipedia)
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1. National Assembly Building, Dhaka (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is the parliament house of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka and designed by the American architect Louis Kahn. Originally commissioned for the parliament of what was then East Pakistan, it became the seat of Bangladesh's legislature after independence and, covering roughly 840,000 square metres, is counted among the largest legislative complexes in the world.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is the Parliament house of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. Initially designed for the Parliament of Pakistan by architect Louis Kahn, the complex is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world, covering 840,000 m2 (210 acres).
  • In Style: Brutalism, Infobox style field: Modern, Monumental
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2. Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1982)
    Wikidata item Q497536, property P1619: 1982
  • Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 155.0
    Wikidata item Q497536, property P2048 (height): 155.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Wikidata item Q497536, property P131/P17 (location): Dhaka, Bangladesh
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