Gazipur District
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Vinony's link graph records 656 inbound references to Gazipur District, and connects out to Gazipur, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology and National University, Bangladesh.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BD.
It sits within the topics Districts and regions of Greater Dhaka, Districts of Bangladesh and Gazipur District.
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Dhaka
- Headquarters
- Gazipur
- District council administrator
- Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky
- Deputy commissioner
- Md. Nurul Karim Bhuiyan
- Total
- 1,806.36 km (697.44 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,913.84/km (7,546.82/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Gazipur basi
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0681
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-18
- Website
- gazipur .gov .bd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- গাজীপুর জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Dhaka Division
- Capital
- Gazipur
- Population
- 5263450
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Dhaka District
- Official website
- www.gazipur.gov.bd
Show 5 more facts
- native label
- গাজীপুর জেলা
- topic's main category
- Category:Gazipur District
- Commons category
- Gazipur District
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- P12749
- Al-Baghawi
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gazipur District (Bengali: গাজীপুর জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh, that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1806.36 km. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre of battles and movements throughout history. Gazipur is home to the Bishwa Ijtema (lit. "world congregation"), the second-largest annual Muslim gathering in the world with over 5 million attendees. The district is home to numerous universities, colleges, the Gazipur Safari Park, Bhawal National Park as well as the country's only business park - the Hi-Tech City, Kaliakoir.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gazipur District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.