Nilphamari

Nilphamari is a city in the district of the same name in the Rangpur division of Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Nilphamari District and one of the major urban centres of the north, often called the industrial city of the north. The name is understood to come from the Bengali words for indigo and farm, because the area was a centre of indigo cultivation under the British, and the Wikipedia article gives both 1875 and 1882 as dates for the founding of the city around the Shakhamacha Hat bazaar on the Bamondanga River. The municipality was formed in 1972, covers 27.50 square kilometres and has 15 wards. The 2011 census counted 45,386 people, and City Population lists 75,483 for 2022.