Talk:Nabiganj Upazila

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In 1839, Nabiganj thana was established, and in 1983 it was turned into an upazila. It has an area of 439.6 sq km, and bounded by Derai and Jagannathpur upazilas to the north, Habiganj Sadar and Bahubal upazilas to the south, Sreemangal, maulvi bazar Sadar and Balaganj upazilas to the east, Baniachang upazila to the west. It consists of one municipality, 13 union parishads, 218 mouzas and 359 villages. The population is 2,46,933 (50.27% male, 49.73% female), with the literacy rate of 26.4% (30.3% male, 22.5% female). It needs to mentioned that Nabiganj JK High School, Dinarpur High School and Pithuya Girls School were established in 1916, 1921 and 1943 respectively.

Nabiganj Bazar (main town) consists of 9 wards and 20 mahallas. It has an area of 2.93 sq km, with a population of 19,243 (51.36% male, 48.64% female). The literacy rate of 26.4%. The town has one Dak-Banglow.

Nabiganj Upazila's main rivers, they are Kushiyara and Barak.

Aktar Ahmed, 07:02, 8 April 2007 (UTC)