Naogaon ( bn, নওগাঁ ''Nôogã'') is a city and district headquarter of

Naogaon District Naogaon District ( bn, নওগাঁ, Nôugã) is a district in northern Bangladesh, part of the Rajshahi Division. It is named after its headquarters, the city of Naogaon in Naogaon Sadar Upazila. Demographics According to the 2022 Census ...

in northern

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It is located in the bank of Mini Jamuna river. It is the centre of commerce within the

. The area of the town is about and the population is about 150,025. The municipality consists of 9 wards and 56 mahallas.

Administration

Naogaon subdivision, under Rajshahi zilla, was established in 1877 and was turned into a zilla in 1984. The zila consists of 11 upazilas, 99 unions, 2565 mauzas, 2854 villages, 3 municipalities, 27 wards and 76 mahallas. The upazilas are NAOGAON SADAR, ATRAI, BADALGACHHI, DHAMOIRHAT, MANDA, MAHADEBPUR, NIAMATPUR, Patnitala Upazila, PORSHA, RANINAGAR and SAPAHAR. Background, Geographic Area and Location: Naogaon was one of the sub-divisions of former Rajshahi zilla. It was upgraded to zila on 1 March 1984. It is believed that the present zilla headquarters initially developed in a mauza comprising nine (meaning ‘Nao’ in Bengali) villages (meaning ‘Gaon’ in Bengali). The zilla is bounded on the north by India, on the east by Joypurhat and Bogra zilas, on the south by Natore and Rajshahi zilas and on the west by Nawabganj and India. The total area of the zila is 3435.65 km². (1326.00 sq.miles) of which 9.09 km². (3.51 sq. miles) is riverine and 19.45 km² (7.51 sq. miles) is under forest. The zila lies between 24° 32′ and 25° 13′ north latitudes and between 28° 23′ and 89° 10′ east longitudes.

Annual average temperature

Maximum 37.8 °C and minimum 11.2 °C; annual rainfall 1862 mm.

Main rivers

Small Jamuna, Tulsi Ganga, Atrai

History

Indigo rebellion (1859–62); peasant revolt against the Zamindar in protest of increasing land revenue (1883).

Marks of War of Liberation

Mass grave 9; mass killing site 7, memorial sculpture 1, monument 1.

Ethnic national

Mainly Santal, Oraon and Mahali.

Main crops

Paddy, potato, watermelon, maize, balsam apple, cucumber, oil seeds, and pulses. Extinct or nearly extinct crops include opium, indigo, aman and aus paddy, tobacco, vetch, and cannabis.

Fruit production

Mango, jackfruit, banana, guava, palm, plum, papaya, peanut, wood apple, litchi, and coconut.

Transport

Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart, and buffalo cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Rajshahi Division Municipalities in Naogaon District