Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)
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Gopalganj is a district (zila in Bangla) in the Dhaka division (bibhag in Bangla) of Bangladesh. The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1.490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj.
Gopalganj is subdivided into five subdistricts (upazila/thana). One of these is again called Gopalganj Sadar. The others are Muksudpur, Kasiani, Kotalipani and Tungipara.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first prime minister and president of independent Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara, a village in that district.
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- Ulpur has a former Zamindar palace, which is currently used a Tehsil Office.
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| Divisions and districts of Bangladesh | ||
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| Barisal Division | Barguna · Barisal · Bhola · Jhalkathi · Patuakhali · Pirojpur |  |
| Chittagong Division | Bandarban · Brahmanbaria · Chandpur · Chittagong · Comilla · Cox's Bazar · Feni · Khagrachari · Lakshmipur · Noakhali · Rangamati | |
| Dhaka Division | Dhaka · Faridpur · Gazipur · Gopalganj · Jamalpur · Kishoreganj · Madaripur · Manikganj · Munshiganj · Mymensingh · Narayanganj · Narsingdi · Netrakona · Rajbari · Shariatpur · Sherpur · Tangail | |
| Khulna Division | Bagerhat · Chuadanga · Jessore · Jhenaidah · Khulna · Kushtia · Magura · Meherpur · Narail · Satkhira | |
| Rajshahi Division | Bogra · Dinajpur · Gaibandha · Jaipurhat · Kurigram · Lalmonirhat · Naogaon · Natore · Nawabganj · Nilphamari · Pabna · Panchagarh · Rajshahi · Rangpur · Sirajganj · Thakurgaon | |
| Sylhet Division | Habiganj · Moulvibazar · Sunamganj · Sylhet | |
