Place:Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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NameRajshahi
Alt namesRajshahi Division
Rājshāhisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Rājshāhi divisionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeNational division
Coordinates24.367°N 88.6°E
Located inBangladesh     (1947 - )
Contained Places
District
Bogra
Dinajpur
Gaibandha
Jaipurhat
Kurigram
Lalmonirhat
Naogaon
Nawabganj
Nilphamari
Pabna
Panchagarh
Rajshahi
Rangpur
Sirajganj
Thakurgaon
Inhabited place
Barkhanpur
Barāigrām
Bera
Betil
Bāgātipāra
Chilmāri
Chārghāt
Chātmohar
Dulāi
Dāsuria
Farīdpur Station
Gaibānda
Godāgāri
Gopālpur
Gārādāha
Hilli
Ishurdi
Kāsingāthpur
Lālmanir Hāt
Lālpur
Nator
Nākālia
Nāopāra
Pachāgarh
Pāksey
Pārbatipur
Ruhea
Saidpur
Saidābād
Sardah
Sherpur
Shāhzādpur
Sthal
Sujānagar
Sānthia
Sāntāhār
Sāra
Sātbāria
Ulāpāra
Ārāni
Ātgharia
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Rajshahi Division is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of [1] and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 Upazilas (the next lower administrative tier) and 1,092 Unions (the lowest administrative tier).

The region has historically been dominated by various feudal Rajas, Maharajas and Zamindars. Formerly comprising 16 districts, a new division (Rangpur Division) was formed with the 8 northern districts of the old Rajshahi Division from early 2010.

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