Narayanganj নারায়ণগঞ্জ জেলা |
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District | |
Location of Narayanganj in Bangladesh | |
Coordinates: 23.60°N 90.50°ECoordinates: 23.60°N 90.50°E | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Area | |
• Total | 759.57 km2 (293.27 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,897,000 |
• Density | 3,800/km2 (9,900/sq mi) |
Literacy rate | |
• Total | 39.84% |
Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
• Summer (DST) | BDST (UTC+7) |
Postal code | 1400 |
Website | Banglapedia Article |
Contents
History
Named after Bicon Lal Pandey, who was usually known as Benur Thakur or Lakhsmi Narayan Thakur[clarification needed]Pandey leased the area from the British East India Company in 1766 after the Battle of Plassey
Post office established in 1866
Narayanganj municipality officially founded on 8 September 1876
Dhaka-Narayanganj telegraph service set up in 1877 telegraph service.
Telephony introduced by The Bank of Bengal in 1882.
Narayanganj became a zila on 15 February 1984. Before that is was a subdivision of Dhaka. It grew in importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, due to the influx of the Portuguese and the English. The first to develop was the west bank of Shitalakshya. Narayanganj only became important in the nineteenth century, when the Rally Brothers started a company exporting jute to the west in 1830, aided by a company from Assam. By 1908, 18 European companies, and two Indian companies were trading in jute from Calcutta.
From 1947, with the formation of Pakistan, the economy transformed from being mainly a jute market to jute production.[2]
This followed establishment of a number of mills in and around Narayanganj that gave the local economy a great boost.
Administrative area
Narayanganj Zila consists of five upazilas, 47 unions and 827 mauzas. Out of the five upazilas Rupganj is the largest with an area of 247.97 km². which is 32.65% of the total area of the zila. Bandar is the smallest with an area of 55.84 km². Sharing 7.34% of the total area of the zila. All the upazilas have more or less similar characteristics.Administration
Administrator of Zila Porishod: Abdul Hai [3]Deputy Commissioner (DC): Monaj Kanti Boral [1]
Subdistricts
- Araihazar Upazila, 183.5 km²., total unios 12, Mauzas 184
- Sonargaon Upazila, 171.66, km²., total unions 11, Mauzas 352
- Bandar, 55.84, km²., total unions 5, Mauzas 90
- Naryanganj Sadar Upazila, 100.75, km²., total unions 10, Mauzas 55
- Rupganj Upazila, 247.97, km²., total unions 9, Mauzas 146
- Siddirgonj Upazila,
Economy
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Religion
The district of Narayanganj consists 3078 mosques, 269 temples, ten churches and four Buddhist temples.Places of interest
The ancient city of Sonargaon was the capital of Isa Khan, a medieval ruler of Bengal. Sonargaon is also famous for producing muslin, a delicate and fine cloth made from cotton. The Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) embankment surrounds Narayanganj district and protects it from flooding.- The Bangladesh Engineering and Ship Building Corporation at Sonakanda on the east bank of the Shitalakshya River: established 1925.
Flora and fauna
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