Tangail

Tangail
টাঙ্গাইল
City
From top to bottom: 1. The city skyline from "Suparibagan"; 2. The Open Stage of Tangail Poura Uddan; 3. Tangail District Court Building; 4. The city gate, Shamsul Huq Toron"; 5. DC Lake at District Headquarters
From top to bottom: 1. The city skyline from "Suparibagan"; 2. The Open Stage of Tangail Poura Uddan; 3. Tangail District Court Building; 4. The city gate, Shamsul Huq Toron"; 5. DC Lake at District Headquarters
Tangail is located in Dhaka division
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Location of Tangail in Bangladesh
Tangail is located in Bangladesh
Tangail
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Tangail (Bangladesh)
Coordinates: 24°15′52″N 89°55′05″E / 24.264423°N 89.918140°E / 24.264423; 89.918140
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka
DistrictTangail
UpazilaTangail Sadar
Incorporated1969
Government
 • TypePourashava
 • MayorSirajul Haque Alamgir (Bangladesh Awami League)
Area
 • Total29.04 km2 (11.21 sq mi)
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • TotalIncrease392,300
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal codes
1900, 1901, 1902
Area code0921
Websitetangailpourashava.gov.bd
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Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল, [ʈaŋgail]) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh.[3] A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River,[4] 83 kilometres (52 mi) northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital.[5] It is the 25th most populous city in Bangladesh.[6]

  1. ^ "Tangail · Population". Population.city.
  2. ^ "Population Census 2011: National Volume-3: Urban Area Report" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ mcFee, James (21 April 2017). City Maps Tangail Bangladesh. Soffer Publishing.
  4. ^ "Land grabbers choke Tangail's louhajong river". The Daily Star Bangladesh. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Tangail | Bangladesh". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Population of Cities in Bangladesh 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

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