Kaliakair and Gazipur Sadar upazilas on the north, Keraniganj upazila on the south, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, pallabi and Uttara Thanas of Dhaka City Corporation on the east, Dhamrai and Singair upazilas on the west.

Savar thana was established in 1912 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of one municipality, 9 wards, 11 union parishads, 175 mouzas, 321 villages.

Savar Upazila is located in Dhaka District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Dhaka are Badda Thana, Cantonment Thana, Demra Thana, Dhamrai Upazila, Dhanmondi Thana, Dohar Upazila, Gulshan Thana, Hazaribagh Thana, Kafrul Thana, Kamrangir Char Thana, Keraniganj Upazila, Khilgaon Thana, Kotwali Thana, Lalbagh Thana, Mirpur Thana, Mohammadpur Thana, Motijheel Thana, Nawabganj Upazila, Pallabi Thana, Ramna Thana, Sabujbagh Thana, Savar Upazila, Shyampur Thana, Sutrapur Thana, Tejgaon Thana, Uttara Thana.

Homestead of Raja Harish Chandra (8th century AD).