Gopalganj District (bangladesh)

	Locator Position	right
	Latd	2320
	Longd	8980
	Division Name	Dhaka Division
	Population As Of	1991
	Population Total	1,132,046
	Population Density	7598
	Literacy Rate	382%
	Area Total	1,48992
	Website	banglapediasearchcombd/HT/G_0159htm
	Website Caption	Banglapedia Article

Gopalganj is a District (''zila'' in Bangla ) in the Dhaka Division (''bibhag'' in Bangla ) of Bangladesh . The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1.490 km&². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj .

Gopalganj is subdivided into five subdistricts ( Upazila / Thana ).
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the first Prime Minister and President of independent Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara , a village in this district.

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# Gopalganj Sadar Upazila
# Kashiani Upazila
# Kotalipara Upazila
# Muksudpur Upazila
# Tungipara Upazila

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