Rajshahi District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Rajshahi Division
- Headquarters
- Rajshahi
- Deputy commissioner
- Abdul Jalil
- District council chairman
- Muhammad Ali Sarkar
- Chief executive officer
- A. B. M. Sharif Uddin
- Total
- 2,425.37 km (936.44 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,208/km (3,130/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0721
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-54
- Hdi 2019
- 0.642 , medium · 6th of 20
- Website
- rajshahi .gov .bd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Part of
- Rajshahi Division
- Official name
- রাজশাহী জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Rajshahi Division
- Capital
- Rajshahi
- Population
- 2915009
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Kushtia District
- Official website
- www.rajshahi.gov.bd
- Image
- Ruins at puthia.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rajshahi
- topic's main category
- Category:Rajshahi District
- native label
- রাজশাহী জেলা
- language used
- Bangla
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Encyclopedic overview
Rajshahi District (Bengali: রাজশাহী জেলা) is a district in mid-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.
Name and Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajshahi District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.