Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)
Gopalganj (Bengali: গোপালগঞ্জ জেলা) is a district (zila in Bengali) in the Dhaka division (bibhag in Bengali) of Bangladesh. The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj.
Gopalganj is subdivided into five subdistricts (upazila/thana).
The district is the political bastion of the Awami League. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, hailed from the village of Tungipara in the district. Sheikh Mujib's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani had also been elected to parliament from Gopalgonj-2 constituency. Both were assassinated on August 15, 1975.
Sheikh Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-3 constituency and twice Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Her cousin and Sheikh Mani's brother, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-2 constituency.
Recently Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gopalganj has constructed a webportal of the district as www.dcgopalganj.gov.bd under Access to Information program of the Prime Minister's Office. This has been done under the Digital Bangladesh implementation concept of the incumbent government.
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