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Encyclopedia > Gopalganj District

Gopalganj is a district (zila in Bangla) in the Dhaka division (bibhag in Bangla) of Bangladesh. The district has about 1,1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1.490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj Bangladesh is divided into 64 administrative districts. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... Dhaka Division is an administrative division within Bangladesh. ... The South Asian country of Bangladesh consists of 6 divisions (bibhag), each named after its respective capital. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ...


Gopalganj is subdivided into 5 subdistricts (upazila/thana). One of these is again called Gopalganj Sadar. The others are Muksudpur, Kasiani, Kotalipani and Tungipara. For the Anglo-Saxon royal retainer, see Thane/Thegn. ...


Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first prime minister and president of independent Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara, Gopalganj. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( 1920 - August 15, 1975), born in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, was a Bengali nationalist leader in East Pakistan and first Prime Minister and President of independent Bangladesh. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ...


Source

  • National data bank of Bangladesh (lots of numbers on Gopalganj)

External links

  • Districts of Bangladesh
  • Gopalganj district



Subdivisions of Bangladesh Flag of Bangladesh
Divisions | Barisal | Chittagong | Dhaka | Khulna | Rajshahi | Sylhet
Districts
Barisal Division: Barguna | Barisal | Bhola | Jhalkathi | Patuakhali | Pirojpur
Chittagong Division: | Bandarban | Brahmanbaria | Chandpur | Chittagong | Comilla | Cox's Bazar | Feni | Khagrachari | Lakshmipur | Noakhali | Rangamati
Dhaka Division: | Dhaka | Faridpur | Gazipur | Gopalganj | Jamalpur | Kishoreganj | Madaripur | Manikganj | Munshiganj | Mymensingh | Narayanganj | Narsingdi | Netrakona | Rajbari | Shariatpur | Sherpur | Tangail
Khulna Division: | Bagerhat | Chuadanga | Jessore | Jhenaidah | Khulna | Kushtia | Magura | Meherpur | Narail | Satkhira
Rajshahi Division: | Bogra | Dinajpur | Gaibandha | Jaipurhat | Kurigram | Lalmonirhat | Naogaon | Natore | Nawabganj | Nilphamari | Pabna | Panchagarh | Rajshahi | Rangpur | Sirajganj | Thakurgaon
Sylhet Division: | Habiganj | Moulvibazar | Sunamganj | Sylhet

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Gopalganj District, India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (208 words)
Gopalganj is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India.
The district headquarters are located in the town of Gopalganj, and the district is a part of Saran Division.
The district occupies an area of 2033 km² and has a population of 2,149,343 (as of 2001).
Open Directory - Regional:Asia:India:Uttar Pradesh:Districts (3158 words)
District Deoria is surrounded by district Kushinagar in the north, district Gopalganj and Siwan (Bihar state) in the east, district Mau and district Ballia in south and district Gorakhpur in the west.
Etah is a district of Agra Division and is bounded in the north by the Badaun district, in the west by district of Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, and Agra, in the south by Mainpuri and Firozabad, and in the east by Farrukhabad.
Mainpuri is a district of Agra division bounded in north by Etah District, in the east by districts Farrukhabad and Kannauj, in the south by district Etawah and in west by the districts Firozabad and Etah.
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