Magura District

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Magura মাগুরা
District
Magura District
Location of Magura District in Bangladesh
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Expandable map of Magura District
Coordinates: 23°24′N 89°24′E / 23.40°N 89.40°E / 23.40; 89.40Coordinates: 23°24′N 89°24′E / 23.40°N 89.40°E / 23.40; 89.40
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Khulna Division
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Ashraful Alam
Area
• Total	1,048.61 km2 (404.87 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	918,419
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Literacy rate
• Total	50.6%[1]
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	7600
HDI (2019)	0.660[2] medium · 2nd of 20

Magura (Bengali: মাগুরা) is a district in south-western Bangladesh, situated 176 kilometers from Dhaka. It is a part of the Khulna Division.^[3] The main mode of transportation is by bus, and no train transport is available.^{[citation needed]}

Administration[]

Magura district has 4 upazilas. They are:

1. Magura Sadar Upazila
2. Mohammadpur Upazila
3. Shalikha Upazila
4. Sreepur Upazila

Geography[]

Magura District (Khulna Division) with an area of 1048 km², is bounded by Rajbari district to the north, Jessore and Narail districts to the south, Faridpur district to the east and Jhenaidaha district to the west.

Climate[]

Notable residents[]

• Farrukh Ahmed, poet
• Shamsun Nahar Ahmed, Member of Parliament, was from Magura District.^[4]
• Syed Ali Ahsan, poet
• Mir Hasem Ali, elected as an MLA of East Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1954.
• Syed Ator Ali, elected as an MPA of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1970, a Political Convenor of Sector No. 8 and 9 during Liberation War.
• M Yousuff Ali, fisheries biologist, policy planner, administrator and advocate for protecting the open water fishery resources.
• Mohammad Asaduzzaman, elected as an MP of Jatiya Sangsad for 3 times.
• Shakib Al Hasan, cricketer
• Muhammad Sohrab Hossain Twice MNA Pakistan, Prominent Minister holding 8 ministry in Sheikh Mujib's cabinet. One of the founding fathers of Bangladesh and President of the first ever meeting in the Jessore District after the Liberation of Bangladesh.
• Kamrul Laila Jolly, former Member of Parliament
• Kazi Salimul Haque Kamal, two-term Member of Parliament for Magura-2
• Kazi Kader Newaj, poet
• Gangadhar Sen Roy, Ayurveda physician and Sanskrit scholar
• Biren Sikder, State Minister of Youth and Sports
• Saifuzzaman Shikhor, current MP of Magura-1

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