Gazipur District
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Gazipur গাজীপুর জেলা |
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| District | |
 Location of Gazipur in Bangladesh |
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| Coordinates: 24°00′N 90°26′E / 24.00°N 90.43°ECoordinates: 24°00′N 90°26′E / 24.00°N 90.43°E | |
| Country |
 Bangladesh
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| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,741.53 km2 (672.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 3,403,912 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Literacy rate | |
| • Total | 36% |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 1712 |
| Coast | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Website | gazipur |
Gazipur District (Bengali: গাজীপুর জেলা) is a district of Dhaka Division in Bangladesh. It has an area of 1741.53 km2.
Gazipur (Town) has 9 wards and 31 mahallas. The area of the town is 49.32 km2. The town's population is 123,531; male 52.52%, female 47.48%; density is 2,505 per km2. Establishments such as Islamic University of Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, and others are located here.
There is head office of a national strong bank which is Progoti Co-operative Land Development Bank Limited (known as Progoti Bank) in Kapasia Upazila Sadar, a small, beautiful town nearly 30 km north of Gazipur City that specializes in originating and/or servicing mortgage loans, is said that Progoti Bank is father of land development bank in the country. Without it, branches of banking institutions in the area include:
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park
Gazipur district was established in 1984. It has 6 upazilas, 46 union Union Parishads, 710 mouzas, 2 municipalities and 1163 villages.
The six upazilas (previously known as "thanas") in Gazipur are:
Gazipur District is divided into the following upazilas:
There are five universities in Gazipur: Islamic University of Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (formerly the Institute of Postgraduate Studies on Agriculture), Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh Open University and Bangladesh National University.
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