Mymensingh

Mymensingh is a metropolitan city and the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, on the bank of the Brahmaputra River about 120 kilometres north of Dhaka. It is the administrative centre of Mymensingh District and Division and a financial and educational hub of north-central Bangladesh. The city was constituted by the British East India Company on 1 May 1787 and was earlier called Nasirabad, after Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah. Its elevation of over 19 metres is the highest of Bangladesh's major cities, and its climate is monsoon-influenced humid subtropical. Mymensingh City Corporation governs it under an elected mayor. The 2022 census counted 135,495 households and 577,000 people. Jute once dominated the economy, and fish farming in converted paddy fields now matters. The city is associated with Nakshikantha quilts and the Maimansingha Gitika ballads.