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Louhajang River ( bn, লৌহজং নদী ) is located in central
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It branches out from the Jamuna near Gabsain at Bhuapur,
Tangail District Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 ...
. Thereafter it splits into two parts before the parts meet up again. It flows past
Tangail Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of ...
city, Karotia and Jamurki before joining the Bangshi. The Louhajang is linked with the
Dhaleshwari The Dhaleshwari River ( bn, ধলেশ্বরী ''Dhôleshshori'') is a distributary, long, of the Jamuna River in central Bangladesh. It starts off the Jamuna near the northwestern tip of Tangail District. After that it divides into two b ...
. The average depth is and maximum depth is .


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* Includes a map of the river. {{coord, 24, 13, N, 90, 02, E, display=title, region:BD_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Dhaka Division