Gazipur, Dhaka Division
Encyclopedia
Gazipur is a town located within the Gazipur Sadar sub-district
Gazipur Sadar Upazila
Gazipur Sadar is an Upazila of Gazipur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Geography:Gazipur Sadar is located at . It has 116163 units of house hold and total area 446.38 km².-Demographics:...

 of Gazipur District
Gazipur District
Gazipur District is a district of Dhaka Division, it has an area of 1741.53 km2 and 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...

 in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

.

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.

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 (sight of Bisho Istema, a Bengali-Islamic festival in January), 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
Bangladesh Scouts
The Bangladesh Scouts is the national Scouting organization of Bangladesh. Scouting was founded in Bangladesh as part of the British Indian branch of The Scout Association, and continued as part of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association until the country's divided sections split in 1971 during the...

' National Training Centre is at Mouchak.

Transportation

Gazipur is a populated city.
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. Kaligonj have city bus service Dhaka to Kaligonj this name is KTL, Adshy and other bus.

Ajmeree—Nondon Park - Sadarghat
Provati-Bonoshri—1.Gulistan-Kaliakoir 2.Gulistan-Kapashia 3.Gulistan-Shripur,4.Gulistan-Trimohony
Salsabil—Jatrabari-Konabari
Rahbar—Loharpool-Mouchak
Anabil—Jatrabari-Chourasta
Transe Cilva—Jatrabari-Gazipur
Gazipur paribahan ltd.--Dhaka-Gazipur
Dhaka paribahan ltd.--Motijhiil-Gazipur

Major sites and establishments

  • [Hide]

[Help us with translations!]
  • Islamic University of Technology
    Islamic University of Technology
    Islamic University of Technology or IUT is an internationally recognized educational and research institution in Bangladesh. It is regarded as one of the top universities for technical education in Bangladesh...

    (IUT)
  • Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
    Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
    BRRI or Bangladesh Rice Research Institute is the foremost agricultural research institute in Bangladesh, located in Gazipur.-External links:*...

     (BBRI)
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
  • Central Extension Resources Development Institute (CERDI)
  • Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
  • Bangladesh Ordnance Factory (BOF)
  • BRAC
    BRAC (NGO)
    BRAC, based in Bangladesh, is the world's largest non-governmental development organization. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 soon after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, with over 7 million microfinance group members, 37,500 non-formal...

     Dairy Farm
  • Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
  • Bangobondhu Sheaikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University (BSMRAU)
  • Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory (BMTF)
  • National University (NU)
  • Bangladesh Open University (BOU)
  • The security Printing Press.

See also

  • Bisho Istema
  • List of cities in Bangladesh
  • Gazipur Sadar Upazila
    Gazipur Sadar Upazila
    Gazipur Sadar is an Upazila of Gazipur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Geography:Gazipur Sadar is located at . It has 116163 units of house hold and total area 446.38 km².-Demographics:...

  • Gazipur District
    Gazipur District
    Gazipur District is a district of Dhaka Division, it has an area of 1741.53 km2 and 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...

  • Dhaka Division
  • [PUBAIL]
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK