Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Dhaka
- Headquarters
- Shariatpur
- Deputy commissioner
- Tahsina Begum
- Total
- 1,102.45 km (425.66 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,174.26/km (3,041.32/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0662
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-62
- Hdi 2018
- 0.649 , medium · 3rd of 21
- Website
- www .shariatpur .gov .bd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- শরীয়তপুর জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Dhaka Division
- Capital
- Shariatpur
- Population
- 1294562
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Madaripur District
- Official website
- www.shariatpur.gov.bd
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- topic's main category
- Category:Shariatpur District
- Commons category
- Shariatpur District
- native label
- শরীয়তপুর জেলা
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Encyclopedic overview
Shariatpur District (Bengali: শরিয়তপুর জেলা) is a district in Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. Shariatpur is named after the Islamic revivalist, Haji Shariatullah.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shariatpur District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.