Sherpur District

district in Bangladesh's Mymensingh Division

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The entry is geolocated on the map in BD.

It is catalogued under topics including Districts of Bangladesh, Districts of Mymensingh Division and Sherpur District.

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Key facts

Country: Bangladesh
Division: Mymensingh Division
Established: 12 February 1984
Headquarters: Sherpur
Zila chairman: Md. Humayun Kabir Ruman (Awami League)
Deputy commissioner: Torfadar Mahmudur Rahman
Total: 1,364.67 km (526.90 sq mi)
Density: 1,100.52/km (2,850.35/sq mi)
Demonym: Sherpuri
Time zone: UTC+06:00 ( BST )
Area code: 0931
Iso 3166 code: BD-57
Hdi 2018: 0.574 , medium · 18th of 21
Website: sherpur .gov .bd

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: district of Bangladesh
Official name: শেরপুর জেলা
Country: Bangladesh
Located in: Mymensingh Division
Capital: Sherpur
Population: 1501853
Time zone: UTC+06:00
Shares border with: Mymensingh District
Official website: www.sherpur.gov.bd

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topic's main category: Category:Sherpur District
Commons category: Sherpur District
native label: Sherpur District
language used: Garo
postal code: ২১০০

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Encyclopedic overview

Sherpur District (Bengali: শেরপুর জেলা) is a district in northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur District was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984 under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization programme. Sherpur is located about 197–199 kilometres (122–124 mi) north of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherpur District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.