Gazipur District Information

Gazipur District Information
Gazipur District
Area 1741.53 square kilometers.
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.
Profile Gazipur district was established in 1984. It consists of 5 upazilas, 46 union parishads, 710 mouzas, 2 municipalities and 1163 villages.

Gazipur District is located in Dhaka Division. Districts in Dhaka Division are Dhaka, Faridpur, Gazipur, Gopalganj, Jamalpur, Kishoreganj, Madaripur, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Mymensingh, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Netrokona, Rajbari, Shariatpur, Sherpur, and Tangail.
Upazilla/ Thana Gazipur Sadar Upazila, Kaliakair Upazila, Kaliganj Upazila, Kapasia Upazila, Sreepur Upazila

Elected MP(s) in 2008 Election
Area# Area Name Elected MP From
194 Gazipur-1 A. K. M. Mozammal Haque Bangladesh Awami League
195 Gazipur-2 Md. Zahid Ahasan Rasal Bangladesh Awami League
196 Gazipur-3 Alhaz Advocate Md. Rahmat Ali Bangladesh Awami League
197 Gazipur-4 Tanjim Ahmad Bangladesh Awami League
198 Gazipur-5 Mahar Afroz Bangladesh Awami League

Places to see Dholsamundra (the capital of the local Pala kings) at Boali, Toke Badshahi Mosque; Dighi and mazar at Chaura; old bridge (built by Meer Jumla) at Tangi, Bhawal Rajbari and the maths at Joydebpur.
Newspapers Daily 1, periodical 5, journal 2.