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Gazipur () is a city in central
Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. Located in
Gazipur District Gazipur District () is a district in central Bangladesh, that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1806.36 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre o ...
in
Dhaka Division Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20, ...
, it is a major industrial city north of
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. It is a hub for the
textile industry in Bangladesh The textile and clothing industries provide the most significant source of economic growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of textiles and garments are the principal source of foreign exchange earnings. By the end of Decemb ...
, with 75% of all garment industries situated there. It is also part of
Greater Dhaka Greater Dhaka (''Bengali'': বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expans ...
. Since 2013, Gazipur has been governed by the
Gazipur City Corporation Gazipur City Corporation (, abbreviated as GCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the city of Gazipur, Bangladesh. The GCC administration is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presi ...
, making it one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a
city corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ow ...
.


Geography

Mirzapur Union is situated in the north of the city, in the south
Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka North City Corporation () is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the northern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DNCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who pr ...
and Savar Yarpur Union. On the east side, there is Baria Union,
Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur Kaliganj () is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Kaliganj is located at . It has 57,770 households and total area 214.63 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Ce ...
and
Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur Sreepur Upazila also spelled Shreepur Upazila () is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division, Dhaka Division. Geography Sreepur is located at . It has 122,872 households and total area 462.94& ...
. Mouchak and Maddhapara union of
Kaliakair Upazila Kaliakair () is an upazila (sub-district) of the Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Kaliakair is located at . It has 45,565 households and total area 314.14 km2. It is bounded by Mirzapur and Sakhip ...
, and Shimulia and Damshona of Savar are at the west.


Demographics

As of 2022 census results, Gazipur City Corporation had 836,875 households and a population of 2,677,715. 15.00% of the population was under 10 years of age. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 83.57% for those 7 years and older and a sex ratio of 112.61 males per 100 females. As of the 2011 census, population of what would become Gazipur City corporation was 1,626,077 living in 398,164 households. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 67.39% and a sex ratio of 858 females per 1000 males.


Administration

In 2013, a new local government entity called the
Gazipur City Corporation Gazipur City Corporation (, abbreviated as GCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the city of Gazipur, Bangladesh. The GCC administration is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presi ...
was formed by merging the municipalities of Gazipur and Tongi, together with the rural areas of Bashan, Gachha, Kashimpur, Kayaltia, Konabari and Pubail. The area of the newly created city corporation is . Gazipur consists of fifty seven wards including Uttar Chayabithi and 131 mahallas. Gazipur is one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a
city corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ow ...
. Among the city corporations it is the youngest and largest in size.


Health

There are many government and private hospitals and clinics in the city. Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College is one of the bigger hospitals in Gazipur city and the only public medical college in the city. The city also has two private medical colleges with 36 private clinics and hospitals. The city also has 26
family planning Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marit ...
clinics.
Air pollution Air pollution is the presence of substances in the Atmosphere of Earth, air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment. Pollutants can be Gas, gases like Ground-level ozone, ozone or nitrogen oxides or small particles li ...
levels in Gazipur are extremely unhealthy. In 2020, annual average
PM2.5 Particulate matter (PM) or particulates are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air. An ''aerosol'' is a mixture of particulates and air, as opposed to the particulate matter alone, though it is sometimes defined ...
air pollution in Gazipur stood at 94.6 μg/m3, which is almost 18.9 times the
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PM2.5 Guideline (5 μg/m3: set in September, 2021). These pollution levels are estimated to reduce the
life expectancy Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age. The most commonly used measure is ''life expectancy at birth'' (LEB, or in demographic notation ''e''0, where '' ...
of an average person living in Gazipur by 8.8 years.


Notable people

*
Tajuddin Ahmed Tajuddin Ahmad (23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He led the 1st Government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and is regarded as one of the most instrumental figures ...
, 1st
prime minister of Bangladesh The prime minister of Bangladesh (, : Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (, : Gôṇôprôjātôntrī Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), is the head of government of the Ba ...
* Ahsanullah Master, politician *
Meghnad Saha Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of Thermal ionization, thermal ionisation. His Saha ionization equation, Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to ...
, scientist * AKM Mozammel Haque, politician * Simin Hossain Rimi, politician * Sohel Taj, politician * Hannan Shah, politician *
Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad was the second Attorney General of Bangladesh from 1972 to 1976. Ahmad Mr. Ahmad was born in Ghagotia, Kapasia (Dhaka). He moved to Dhaka City to complete his education. He successfully completed his law degree. He be ...
, 2nd
attorney general of Bangladesh The attorney general for Bangladesh () is the Bangladeshi government's chief legal adviser and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The attorney general is usually a highly respected senior advocate and is appointed by the ru ...


See also

* Bishwa Ijtema *
List of cities in Bangladesh A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of t ...
*
Gazipur Sadar Upazila Gazipur Sadar () is an upazila (sub-district) of the Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Gazipur Sadar is one of the five upazilas in the Gazipur district. It is bordered by the upazilas of Sreepur, Kaliganj Upazila ...
* Kapasia *
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur (), commonly known as DUET, formerly BIT Dhaka, is a public engineering and technological research university in Gazipur, Bangladesh, which focuses on the study of engineering and architectur ...


References

{{Authority control Populated places in Dhaka Division Cities in Bangladesh