Faridpur District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Dhaka
- Seat
- Faridpur
- Deputy commissioner
- Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Molla
- District council chairman
- Md. Lokman Mridha
- Chief executive officer
- Md. Abdur Rashid
- Total
- 2,052.86 km (792.61 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Density
- 1,053.59/km (2,728.79/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Faridpuri, Foridpuira
- Area code
- 0631
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-15
- Hdi 2023
- 0.678 , medium · 11th of 22
- Website
- www .faridpur .gov .bd
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Encyclopedic overview
Faridpur District (Bengali: ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters, the city of Faridpur, which itself was named for Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, a 13th-century Sufi saint. A separate district was created by severing Dhaka district in 1786 and was called Dacca Jelalpur. A municipality was established in 1869. Historically, the town was known as Fatehabad. It was also called Haveli Mahal Fatehabad.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Faridpur District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.