Rangpur

Rangpur is a major metropolitan city in northern Bangladesh, the divisional headquarters of Rangpur Division, on the Ghaghat River and near the Teesta River. It is the second-largest city corporation in the country; the municipality dates from 1869, the city corporation from 2012 and metropolitan status from 2018. The 2022 census counted 708,570 people in the city corporation. Mughal forces took the area in 1575 and it was fully integrated into the empire by 1686; it became a district seat in 1769, played a part in the Fakir-Sannyasi rebellion and the 1971 Liberation War, and the greater Rangpur district was split into five in 1984. The city has a humid subtropical climate, stands about 34 metres above sea level, and is a commercial hub and a major tobacco-producing region and educational destination.