Dhanbari Upazila
Dhanbari (Bengali: ধনবাড়ী) is a newly formed upazila of Tangail District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][3]
Dhanbari
ধনবাড়ী | |
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  Dhanbari Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Tangail District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 203,284 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | dhanbari |
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, Jodunathpur, 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, Dhanbari 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]
References
- Sajida Begum (2012), "Dhanbari Upazila", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- Khaleda goes to Tangail today, The Daily Star, 4 September 2006
- এক নজরে ধনবাড়ী [Dhanbari at a Glance]. Dhanbari Upazila (in Bengali).
- "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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