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Munshiganj
Sign in to saveMunshiganj is a town in Dhaka division in central Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Munshiganj District.
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- Locality
- মুন্সিগঞ্জ
- Region
- ঢাকা বিভাগ
- Country
- বাংলাদেশ
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Munshiganj
- Settlement.native_name
- মুন্সীগঞ্জ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- bn
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dhaka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Munshiganj
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Upazila
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Munshiganj Sadar
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor–Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Munshiganj Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 70674
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Munshiganj District
- Population
- 70674
- Capital of
- Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
- Image
- Sardar bari mosque, balakir char, Munshiganj .jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Government
- Demographics
- References
Munshiganj is a town in Dhaka division in central Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Munshiganj District.
== Etymology == Munshiganj was originally known as Idrakpur. It is believed that during the Mughal era, a person named Munshi Haidar Hossain lived in Idrakpur, who was appointed as a Faujdar by the Mughal rulers. Due to his virtuous and philanthropic nature, Idrakpur was renamed Munshiganj in his honor. Some also suggest that the district was named after Zamindar Enayet Ali Munshi. Munshiganj was officially declared a district in 1984.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Munshiganj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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