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BANGLAPEDIA: Bogra District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Bogra District (rajshahi division) with an area of 2919.9 sq km, bounded by joypurhat and gaibandha districts on the north, the chalan beel, natore and sirajganj districts on the south, jamuna river and jamalpur district on the east, Part of Chalan Beel, naogaon and Natore districts on the west. |
 | | Administration Bogra district was established in 1821 consisting of 9 thanas, of which four from Rajshahi district (Adamdighi, Bogra, Sherpur, Nawkhila), 3 from Dinajpur district (Lalbazar, Badalgachhi, Khetlal), and two from Rangpur district (Gobindaganj, Dewanganj). |
 | | Bogra district consists of 5 municipalities, 48 wards, 166 mahallas, 11 upazilas, 109 union parishads, 1782 mouzas and 2706 villages. |
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