Coordinates: 23°12′N 89°48′E / 23.2, 89.8

Gopalganj District

Gopalganj
Division name Dhaka Division
Coordinates 23°12′N 89°48′E / 23.2, 89.8
Area 1,489.92 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
 - Literacy rate		 1,132,046
 - 759.8/km²
 - 38.2%
Website: Banglapedia Article
Maplink: Official Map of 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.

Gopalganj is subdivided into five subdistricts (upazila/thana).

The district is the political bastion of the Sheikh family. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, hailed from the village of Tungipara in the district. Sheikh Mujib's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani had also been elected to parliament from Gopalgonj-2 constituency. Both were assassinated on August 15th, 1975 by a group of renegade army officers and the country plunged into more than a decade of military dictatorship.

Since the restoration of democracy Sheikh Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed,who went onto become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-1 constituency. Her cousin and Sheikh Mani's brother, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-2 constituency.

Contents

History

 Please help improve this section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (January 2007)

Gopalganj District was established in 1984, prior to this it was a subdivision of Faridpur District.[1]

Subdivisions

  1. Gopalganj Sadar Upazila
  2. Kashiani Upazila
  3. Kotalipara Upazila
  4. Muksudpur Upazila
  5. Tungipara Upazila

Places of interest

  • [Ulpur] has a former Zamindar palace which is currently used a Tehsil Office and many other Zamindar mansions. It was the seat of the Zamindari of the Basu Roy Chowdhury family.

References

  1. ^ Gopalganj District - Banglapedia

External links



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