Thakurgaon District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Rangpur Division
- Established
- 1 February 1984
- Headquarters
- Thakurgaon
- Deputy commissioner
- Mohammad Rafiqul Huq
- Total
- 1,809.52 km (698.66 sq mi)
- Density
- 847.339/km (2,194.60/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0561
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-64
- Hdi 2018
- 0.614 , medium · 7th of 21
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Encyclopedic overview
Thakurgaon District upazila geocode map
Thakurgaon District (Bengali: ঠাকুরগাঁও জেলা) is a district located in the northwestern region of Bangladesh under the administrative jurisdiction of Rangpur Division. The district is bordered by Panchagarh District to the north and east, Dinajpur District to the east, and the Indian state of West Bengal to the south and west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thakurgaon District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.