Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka
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Nawabganj (Bengali: নবাবগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Dhaka District in the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.[1]
Geography
Nawabganj is located at 23°40′00″N 90°10′00″E / 23.6667°N 90.1667°E. It has 70,757 households and a total area 244.80 km2.
Nawabganj is surrounded by Singair Upazila on the North, Dohar Upazila on the South, Keraniganj, Sirajdikhan and Sreenagar Upazilas on the East, Harirampur and Manikganj Sadar Upazilas on the West.
Demographics
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As of the
Politics
Nawabganj Upazila is currently under rule of the Bangladesh Awami League. From the 2008 elections, it merged with Dohar Upazila as Dhaka-1. BEXIMCO Group Chairman Md Salman Fazlur Rahman is the current Member of Parliament, representing Dhaka-1.
Nawabganj Thana, now an Upazila, was established in 1974.
Political parties
Many political parties are currently active in Nawabganj. The most popular parties include Bangladesh Awami League, which runs as Nawabganj Upazila Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which runs as Nawabganj Upazila BNP and the Jatiyo Party, which runs as Nawabganj Upazila Jatiyo Party
Politicians
- A big number of politicians come from Nawabganj. The notable are:
- Salman F Rahman
- Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan
- Moslem Uddin Khan
- Abdul Haleem Chowdhury
- Borhanuddin Khan
- Khandaker Abu Ashfaq
- Salma Islam
- Abdul Baten Mia
- Muazzam Hossain
- Azizur Rahman Foku
Administration
Nawabganj Upazila is divided into 14
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ Md. Abu Hasan Farooque (2012). "Nawabganj Upazila (Dhaka District)". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Dhaka" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Dhaka district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Dhaka" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.