Gazipur district was established in 1984. It consists of 5 upazilas, 46 union parishads, 710 mouzas, 2 municipalities and 1163 villages. The upazilas are gazipur sadar, kaliakair, kaliganj, kapasia and sreepur.


Jomidar Bari, Located at Baliadi, Kaliakoir.  Kalinarayana Temple, circa 1900. Built by Maharaya  Kalinarayana of Bhawal. Located in Joydebpur.  Vawal Rajbari, one-time home of Prince Ramendra Narayan of the Vawal Case Located in Joydebpur.  Pubail Resort  Vawal National Park


Gazipur District  is a district of Dhaka Division, it has an area of 1741.53 km² and is bounded by Mymensingh and Kishoreganj districts on the north, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Narsingdi districts on the south, Narsingdi on the east, Dhaka and Tangail districts on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 36°C and minimum 12.7°C; annual rainfall 2376 mm. Main rivers: old Brahmaputra, Shitalakshya, Turag, Bangshi, Balu, Banar. Gazipur (Town) consists of 9 wards and 31 mahallas. The area of the town is 49.32 km². The town has a population of 123531; male 52.52%, female 47.48%; density of population is 2505 per km². Various establishments such as Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), CERDI, Seed Certifying Agency, Security Printing Press, Machine Tools Factory, Bangladesh Ordnance Factory, Diesel Plant, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) (Previously BIT:Bangladesh Institute of Technology), BRAC Dairy Farm, Nova Poultry Limited, Cremation Ghat etc. are located here.

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Central Extension Resources Development Institute (CERDI)
(IUT) Seed Certification Agency (SCA)   Bangladesh Ordnance Factory (BOF)   Bangobondhu Sheaikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University (BSMRAU)    Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory (BMTF)   Bangladesh Open University (BOU)      The security Printing Press.

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