Nilphamari District

Nilphamari District
নীলফামারী জেলা
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Location of Nilphamari District in Bangladesh
Location of Nilphamari District in Bangladesh
Map
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Coordinates: 25°57′N 88°57′E / 25.95°N 88.95°E / 25.95; 88.95
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
SeatNilphamari
Largest CitySaidpur
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerMohammad Nairuzzaman
Area
 • Total
1,546.59 km2 (597.14 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
2,092,568
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code
5300
Area code0551
ISO 3166 codeBD-46
HDI (2018)0.614[2]
medium · 7th of 21
Websitenilphamari.gov.bd
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Nilphamari District (Bengali: নীলফামারী জেলা) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. It is about 400 kilometers to the northwest of the capital Dhaka. It has an area of 1,580.85 square kilometres (610.37 sq mi). Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Cooch Behar of India in north.[3] The headquarters are in Nilphamari, but the largest city is Saidpur.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2022census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  3. ^ "নীলফামারী" Retrieved 26 February 2013

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