Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh, the seat of Narayanganj District and the third-largest city in Dhaka Division. It lies about 16 kilometres south-east of Dhaka within the Greater Dhaka area, and the 2022 census counted 967,951 people in the Narayanganj City Corporation, making it the fourth most populous city in the country. It is a centre of business and industry, above all the jute trade and processing and the textile sector, and is nicknamed the Dundee of Bangladesh for its many jute mills. The name is traced to Bicon Lal Pandey, a Hindu religious leader who leased the area in 1766 and gave its markets and riverbank land to the god Narayan. The municipality was incorporated in 1876, and in 2011 the city corporation united three former municipalities.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Bangladesh: Districts and Urban Places
citypopulation.deCities and urban places table, 2022 census columnQuote, Cities and urban places table, 2022 census column
548,268 709,381 967,951
2. Narayanganj (Wikipedia)
Demographics, census year
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, present-day Narayanganj City Corporation
Part Of: Bangladesh, Lead
in central Bangladesh
View the Source3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation query
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation query at the city coordinates, bandQuote, Elevation query at the city coordinates, band
"elevation": 12.0
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/DhakaQuote, Zone Asia/Dhaka
Asia/Dhaka
Bangladesh (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead, Bangladesh in Asia
is a country in South Asia
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead, Bangladesh in South Asia
is a country in South Asia
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