Mymensingh Division (; ) is one of the eight

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

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 ...

. It has an area of and a population of 12,225,498 as of the 2022 census. It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of

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, ...

. Its headquarters are in

Mymensingh Mymensingh () is a metropolis, metropolitan city and capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of the Old Brahmaputra River, Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center ...

city in

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

. Mymensingh has four districts which it governs,

, Jamalpur District,

Netrokona District Netrokona District () is a district of Mymensingh Division in north-eastern Bangladesh. Etymology The headquarters of Netrokona District was located at the end of the Mogra River and was called Natorkona. Many people believe that over a period o ...

, and

Sherpur District Sherpur District () is a district in northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur District was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984 under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's ...

History

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Mymensingh’s history stretches far into antiquity. Around the 4th century BC, it was a significant part of the Vedic state of Mahajanapada. Over the centuries, the region witnessed the rise and fall of various dynasties, including the

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, the

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, and the Muslim rulers during the

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. Each era left its mark on Mymensingh’s cultural and political landscape. The Greater Mymensingh region (Mymensingh District along with five other neighbouring districts) was created as Mymensingh district by the British Indian government in 1787. Later it was reorganized in two phases into six districts:

, Jamalpur, Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Sherpur, and

Tangail Tangail (, ) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River, northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital. Etymology ''Tangail'' originates from the Beng ...

. On 12 January 2015, then PM Sheikh Hasina declared the establishment of Mymensingh Division. The initial intention was to carve six districts (those comprising the original Mymensingh district of 1787) out of the

. However, while four of the districts were eager for the establishment of a new division, people in the Tangail and Kishoreganj Districts wished to remain part of Dhaka Division. On 14 September 2015, Mymensingh was officially announced as a division consisting of four districts.

Administrative divisions

Census figures for 2011, and 2022 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing.

Demographics

Muslims are the predominant religion with 95.57%, while Hindus and Christians are 3.94% and 0.46% of the population respectively. Mymensingh has the highest percentage of Muslims of all divisions of Bangladesh.

Industry

Agriculture

Mymensingh has a rich and thriving agricultural sector. Crops such as

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rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

vegetables Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including flowers, fruits, ...

, and

wheat Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...

are being cultivated here. Many large rice fields make up the landscape. Rice from Mymensingh, and other parts of

contribute heavily to the

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Textiles

Mymensingh is also known for its large

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, featuring

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all over the division. These

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are then

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all over the world to various places.

References

External links

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