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Magura District

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Country
  
Bangladesh

Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)

Division
  
Khulna Division

Postal code
  
7600

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Magura (Bengali: মাগুরা জেলা) is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. Magura is far from Dhaka by 176 kilometers. The main Transport is bus. From Magura to Dhaka it takes five hours by bus. There is no train transport in Magura.

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Map of Magura District, Bangladesh

Geography

Magura District (Khulna Division) with an area of 1048 km2, is bounded by Rajbari district to the north, Jessore and Narail districts to the south, Faridpur district to the east and Jhenaidaha district to the west.

Administration

Magura district has 4 upazilas. They are:

  1. Magura Sadar Upazila
  2. Mohammadpur Upazila
  3. Shalikha Upazila
  4. Sreepur Upazila

Notable residents

  • Akbar Hossain Miah, organizer of the guerilla Akbar Bahini during the War of Independence, 1971.
  • Didar Islam, innovator and founder of "SOLARIC"
  • Farrukh Ahmed, Poet
  • Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, Author
  • Syed Ali Ahsan, Poet
  • Kazi Kader Newaj, Poet
  • Shakib Al Hasan, cricketer

    • References

    Magura District Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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