Gazipur, Dhaka Division

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Gazipur (Bengali: গাজীপুর ) is a town located within the Gazipur Sadar sub-district of Gazipur District in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

Gazipur consists of 9 wards and 31 mahallas with an area of 49.32 km². The town has a population of 123,531; male 52.52%, female 47.48%; and a population density of 2505 per km². [Banglapedia: [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0066.htm Gazipur Sadar Upazila] (URL last accessed on May 1, 2007)]

Administration

Gazipur District (dhaka division) with an area of 1741.53 km², is bounded by Mymensingh and Kishoreganj districts on the north, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Narsingdi districts on the south, Narsingdi on the east, Dhaka and Tangail districts on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 36°C and minimum 12.7°C; annual rainfall 2376 mm. Main rivers: old Brahmaputra, Shitalakshya, Turag, Bangshi, Balu, Banar.

Administration Gazipur district was established in 1984. It consists of 5 upazilas, 46 union parishads, 710 mouzas, 2 municipalities and 1163 villages. The upazilas are Gazipur sadar, Kaliakair, Kaliganj, Kapasia and Sreepur.

Bangladesh Scouts' National Training Centre is at Mouchak. [cite news | title =Scout Museum likely to open at Mouchak | publisher =The New Nation | date =2007-11-10 | url =http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/11/10/news0677.htm | accessdate =2007-11-13]

Transportation

Duli, palanquin, country boat, horse carriage, bullock cart, Konda (a kind of boat made of palm tree). These means of transport (except country boat) are either extinct or nearly extinct.

Gazipur Town is connected through all the City Bus

Major sites and establishments

* Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BBRI)
* Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
* Central Extension Resources Development Institute (CERDI)
* Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
* Bangladesh Ordnance Factory (BOF)
* BRAC Dairy Farm
* Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
* Bangobondhu Sheaikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University (BSMRAU)
* Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory (BMTF)

ee also

* List of cities in Bangladesh
* Gazipur Sadar Upazila
* Gazipur District
* Dhaka Division

References