Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Rangpur Division
- Established
- 1 February 1984
- Headquarters
- Panchagarh
- Deputy commissioner
- Md Johirul Islam
- Total
- 1,404.63 km (542.33 sq mi)
- Density
- 839.967/km (2,175.50/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0568
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-52
- Hdi 2018
- 0.614 , medium · 7th of 21
- Constituencies
- Panchagarh-1 , Panchagarh-2
- Website
- www .panchagarh .gov .bd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- পঞ্চগড় জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Rangpur Division
- Contains
- Debiganj Upazila
- Capital
- Panchagarh
- Population
- 1179843
- Area
- 1404.62
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Nilphamari District
- Official website
- www.panchagarh.gov.bd
- Image
- Sher-e-Bangla park panchagarh.jpg
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- native label
- পঞ্চগড় জেলা
- topic's main category
- Category:Panchagarh District
- Commons category
- Panchagarh District
- postal code
- ৫০০০
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Encyclopedic overview
Panchagarh District (Bengali: পঞ্চগড় জেলা) is a district of the Rangpur Division in Northern Bangladesh. Panchagarh is the northernmost district of Bangladesh. It lies between 26º00' and 26º38' north latitudes and between 88º19' and 88º49' east longitudes. It was established as a district on 1 February 1984.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panchagarh District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.