Tangail District
Tangail District
টাঙ্গাইল জেলা | |
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Location of Tangail District in Bangladesh | |
Expandable map of Tangail District | |
| Coordinates: 24°18′N 90°00′E / 24.30°N 90.00°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka |
| Headquarters | Tangail |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Jashim Uddin Haider |
| Area | |
| 3,414.28 km2 (1,318.26 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 4,037,316 | |
| • Rank | 5th in Bangladesh |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1900 |
| Area code | 0921 |
| ISO 3166 code | BD-63 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.574 medium · 18th of 21 |
| Website | tangail |
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Tangail District (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল জেলা, romanized: Ṭāṅgāil Jēlā) is a district (zila) in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail mahakuma was separated from the Mymensingh district, and a district of the same name as the mahakuma's was created. The district consists of 237 square kilometers of the prior mahakuma and 3,177 square kilometers of land acquired from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 4 million and its area is 3,414.28 square kilometres (1,318.26 sq mi). The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and Sirajganj on the west.