Tangail District
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Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল জেলা, romanized: Ṭāṅgāila Jēlā) is a district (zila) in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 square kilometers of land and 3177 square kilometers of land acquired from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 4 million and its area is 3,414.28 square kilometres (1,318.26 sq mi).[3] The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and Sirajganj on the west.
Tangail
টাঙ্গাইল | |
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Coordinates: 24.30°N 90.00°E / 24.30; 90.00 | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Dhaka |
Headquarters | Tangail |
Government | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Jashim Uddin Haider |
Area | |
• District of Bangladesh | 3,414.28 km2 (1,318.26 sq mi) |
• Metro | 29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi) |
Population | |
• District of Bangladesh | 4,037,608 |
• Rank | 5th in Bangladesh |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
Postal code | 1900 |
HDI (2018) | 0.574[2] medium · 18th of 21 |
Website | tangail |