Azimpur () is an old

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

in the old part of

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, capital of

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. The region is named after 7th

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Azam Shah Mirza Abu'l Fayaz Qutb-ud-Din Mohammad Azam (28 June 1653 – 20 June 1707), commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the seventh Mughal emperor from 14 March to 20 June 1707. He was the third son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his ...

who was the youngest son and successor of Mughal Emperor

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. Other accounts attribute the name to Azim-us-Shaan, the Nayeb-e-Nazim of Dhaka during the early 18th century, who was a grandson of Mughal emperor

. This area started to decay in the colonial era. In 1850, Azimpur shown as a no man's land in the map of surveyor general. In 1950, this area was redesigned as the government employee's residence.Mamun, Muntasir, "Dhaka: Smriti Bismritir Nogori", Ananya Publishers, 2004.

Geography

Azimpur is located at . Its total area is 1.17 km.

Demographics

As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Azimpur has a population of 96,641; male 51,598, female 45.043. After the 1947 partition, many apartment buildings were built in Azimpur for government officers. The region has one of the largest cemeteries of Dhaka. The graveyard was established in 1850 on of land. It has more than 3900 permanent graves, and many temporary graves (which are reused after several years).

Administration

Azimpur has 01 Ward (Ward 26), 20 Mahallas and 01 Police Outpost Station.

Education

Eden College, was one of the oldest educational institutions for girls in erstwhile

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, is located in Azimpur. Renowned girls' schools such as Agrani School and College and a branch of

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Viqarunnisa Noon School & College (), also known as VNSC, is an all-girls secondary school and college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has about 25,000 students at four campuses in the city. It is named after Viqar un Nisa Noon. History The school be ...

are also located there. College of Home economics is another well being institute.

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