Dhanbari Upazila

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Dhanbari
ধনবাড়ী
Upazila
Dhanbari is located in Bangladesh
Dhanbari
Dhanbari
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E / 24.617°N 90.0250°E / 24.617; 90.0250Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E / 24.617°N 90.0250°E / 24.617; 90.0250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictTangail District
Area
 • Total130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total203,284
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitedhanbari.tangail.gov.bd

Dhanbari (Bengali: ধনবাড়ী) is a newly formed upazila of Tangail District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][3]

Notable people of the Upazila are Nawab Syed Ali Hasan Ali Choudhury, Dr. Sheikh Nizamul Islam, MP & Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, MP.

Administration[]

Dhanbari Upazila is divided into Dhanbari Municipality and seven union parishads: Baniajan, Birtara, Bolibhadra, Dhopakhali, , Musuddi, and Paiska. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 132 villages.[4]

Dhanbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.[4]

Education[]

There are seven colleges in the upazila: Asya Hasan Ali Mohila Degree College, Bhai Ghat Ideal College, , Mushuddi Razia College, Norilla College, Panchpotol Degree College, and Ukhariabari College.[5]

According to Banglapedia, Dhanbari Nawab Institution, founded in 1910, Paiska High School (1960), and Pankata Islamia Secondary School (1943) are notable secondary schools.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sajida Begum (2012), "Dhanbari Upazila", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ Khaleda goes to Tangail today, The Daily Star, 4 September 2006
  3. ^ এক নজরে ধনবাড়ী [Dhanbari at a Glance]. Dhanbari Upazila (in Bengali).
  4. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.


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