Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central
Bangladesh. It is located in the
Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of
Dhaka. It is a hub for the
textile industry in Bangladesh
The textile and clothing industries provide a single source of growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of textiles and garments are the principal source of foreign exchange earnings. By 2002 exports of textiles, clothing, a ...
. Its other name is Joydebpur.
Demographics
Population of Gazipur Municipality by year:
In 2013, a new local government entity called the Gazipur City Corporation was formed by merging the municipalities of Gazipur and Tongi, together with large rural areas (i.e. Pubail union, Gaccha Union, Kayaltia Union, Kashimpur Union, Konabari Union and Bashan Union). The area of this newly created city corporation is . The population of the Gazipur City Corporation was approximately six million in 2020.
Administration
Gazipur consists of fifty seven wards including
Uttar Chayabithi Uttar means north in Hindi and many other Indian languages. It can be found in:
*Uttar, Tank, a union council in Pakistan
*Uttar Dinajpur
*Uttarkashi
*Uttarkashi District
*Uttar Pradesh
*Uttarakhand
*Uttara Kannada
Peoples
*Uttar Kumar
Uttar ...
and 31 mahallas with an area of . The fast-growing town has a population more than six million and density more than ; male 52.52%, female 47.48%.
Health
Air pollution levels in Gazipur (in
Dhaka,
Bangladesh) are extremely unhealthy. In 2020, annual average
PM2.5 Air Pollution in Gazipur stood at 94.6 µg/m³, which is almost 18.9 times the
World Health Organization PM2.5 Guideline (5 µg/m³: set in September, 2021).
These pollution levels are estimated to reduce the
Life Expectancy of an average person living in Gazipur by 8.8 years.
Notable people
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Tajuddin Ahmed – the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh
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Meghnad Saha – scientist
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Sohel Taj
Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj ( bn, তানজিম আহমদ সোহেল তাজ, ; born 5 January 1970), better known as just Sohel Taj, is a fitness and health activist, body-builder and retired Bangladesh Awami League politician and fo ...
– Politician
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Hannan Shah
Abu Sayed Matiul Hannan Shah (known as Hannan Shah; 11 October 1941 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi politician and army officer from Gazipur District. He served as the jute minister and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gazipur-4 c ...
- politician
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Ahsanullah Master, MP
See also
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Bishwa Ijtema
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List of cities in Bangladesh
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Gazipur Sadar Upazila
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Kapasia
References
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Populated places in Dhaka Division
Cities in Bangladesh