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Rajshahi Division
রাজশাহী বিভাগ | |
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| Nickname: Land of Zamindars | |
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| Coordinates: 25°00′N 89°00′E / 25.000°N 89.000°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Established | 1829 |
| Capital and largest city | Rajshahi |
| Government | |
| • Divisional Commissioner | Dewan Md Humayun Kabir[1] |
| • Parliamentary constituency | Jatiya Sangsad (39 seats) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18,174.4 km2 (7,017.2 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official language | Bengali[2] |
| • Regional language | Varendri |
| • Indigenous minority languages | |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | BD-E |
| HDI (2017) | 0.602[4] medium |
| Notable sport teams | Rajshahi Kings, Rajshahi Division |
| Website | rajshahidiv |
Rajshahi Division (Bengali: রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 18,174.4 square kilometres (7,017.2 sq mi)[5] and a population at the 2022 Census of 20,353,119.[6] Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 Upazilas (the next lower administrative tier) and 1,092 Unions (the lowest administrative tier).
The region has historically been dominated by various feudal Rajas, Maharajas and Zamindars.[7] Formerly comprising 16 districts, a new division (Rangpur Division) was formed with the 8 northern districts of the old Rajshahi Division from early 2010.[5]
- ^ "List of Divisional Commissioners".
- ^ "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ a b Sajahan Miah (2012). "Rajshahi Division". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Population Census 2011: National Volume-1: Analytical Report" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 199. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Bangladesh pp 6
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