Nilphamari District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Rangpur Division
- Seat
- Nilphamari
- Largest city
- Saidpur
- Deputy commissioner
- Mohammad Nairuzzaman
- Total
- 1,580.59 km (610.27 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,353/km (3,500/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Nilphamariala, Nilphamarians
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0551
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-46
- Hdi 2018
- 0.668 , medium – 7th of 21
- Website
- nilphamari .gov .bd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- নীলফামারী জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Rajshahi Division
- Contains
- Saidpur Upazila
- Capital
- Nilphamari
- Population
- 2092568
- Area
- 1580.85
- Elevation
- 49
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Panchagarh District
- Official website
- www.nilphamari.gov.bd
- Households
- 335178
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- topic's main category
- Category:Nilphamari District
- Commons category
- Nilphamari District
- male population
- 810268
- female population
- 761422
- native label
- নীলফামারী জেলা
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- language used
- Rangpuri
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Nilphamari District (Bengali: নীলফামারী জেলা) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Rangpur Division. It is about 350 kilometers to the northwest of the capital Dhaka. It has an area of 1,580.85 square kilometres (610.37 sq mi). Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Cooch Behar of India in north. The headquarters of the district is in Nilphamari city, which is widely regarded as the industrial city of Northern Bangladesh. Saidpur which is major business center of the district also serves as connecting hub of Rangpur.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nilphamari District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.