Nilphamari is a district in Northern Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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. It is a part of the Rangpur Division.

Geography

(Rangpur Division) with an area of 1640.91 km², is bounded by Kuchbihar district of West Bengal (India

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) on the north, Rangpur district on the south, Lalmonirhat district on the east and Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts on the west. Annual temperature: maximum 32.3°C, minimum 11.2°C; annual rainfall 2931mm. Main rivers are Teesta, Jamuneshwari, Chikli and Dhaigan.

Upazilas

• Nilphamari Sadar Upazila
  Nilphamari Sadar Upazila
  Nilphamari Sadar is an Upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Nilphamari Sadar is located at . It has 58266 units of house hold and total area 373.09 km².-Demographics:...
  
   (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
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• Saidpur
  Saidpur
  Saidpur is a city of Nilphamari district in Rangpur Division of Bangladesh . The city becomes a very important communication hub for adjoining major district headquarters. Saidpur Airport is one of the domestic airports in Bangladesh. The Saidpur Railway Workshop, established in 1870, is the...
  
   (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
  : alt. spelling: Syedpur)
• Jaldhaka (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
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• Kishoreganj
  Kishoreganj Upazila
  Kishoreganj is an Upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Kishoreganj is located at . It has 52000 units of house hold and total area 264.98 km².-History:...
  
   (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
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• Domar
  Domar Upazila
  Domar is an Upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Domar is located at . It has 33490 units of house hold and total area 250.84 km².-Demographics:...
  
   (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
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• Dimla Upazila
  Dimla Upazila
  Dimla is an Upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Dimla is located at . It has 36440 units of house hold and total area 326.8 km².-Demographics:...
  
   (Bengali
  Bengali language
  Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
  
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History

The Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875, Nilphamari was a subdivision of Rangpur District. It was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65 mahallas, 62 union parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages. The upazilas are Nilphamari Sadar, Dimla, Domar, Jaldhaka, Kishoreganj and Saidpur.
Printing Press=
1. Saifullah Printers (Saidpur)
2. Anondo Offset Press (Saidpur)
3. Akota Offset Press (Saidpur)
4. Jamuna Offset Press (Saidpur)
5. Smriti Art Press (saidpur)
6. Ettati Offset Press (Saidpur)
7. Khaleque Offset Press (Saidpur)
8. Tofazzal Printing Press (Saidpur)
9. Sabuj Sathi Book Binding (Saidpur)
10. Bhai Bhai Plate making Printing (Saidpur)
11. Star Press & Paper House(Saidpur)
12. Alam Press(Saidpur)
13. Saidpur Paper House & Printing (Saidpur)
14. Priti Process (Saidpur)
15. Hakim Press (Nilphamari)
16. Latif Press (Nilphamari)
17. Dalia Press (Nilphamari)
18. Al-Amin Press (Nilphamari)
19. Prapti Process (Nilphamari)

Religion

The district of Nilphamari consists 3894 mosques, 533 temples, 45 churches and 13 Buddhist temples.

Places of interest

• Nilsagor
• Kundopukur
• Saidpur Airport
  Saidpur Airport
  Saidpur Airport is an airport in Saidpur, Bangladesh.-External links:*...
  
  
• Railway Factory
• Uttara EPZ (export processing zone)
• Leprosy Hospital
• Teesta Barrage
• Saiphon
• high school
  High school
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• Syphon

Notable residents

• Mashiur Rahman Jadu Miah, Former Senior Minister, Bangladesh
• Mustafa Kamal (judge), former Chief Justice
• Shawfikul Ghaani Shapan, Former Minister & Member of Parliament
• Asaduzzaman Noor, Famous actor, Member of Parliament
• Jebel Rahman Ghaani, Politician, Chairman, Bangladesh National Awami Party- Bangladesh NAP

Local Newspapers

Daily Nilkatha, Weekly Nilphamari Chittro (2011), Nilphamari Barta, Weekly Nilsagar, Weekly Nilsamachar, Weekly Jaldhaka, Weekly Alapan, Weekly Saidpur Barta, Weekly Safjabab, Weekly Janosamassya, Weekly Manabsamassya, Weekly Chikly and Weekly Daag.
Literary magazine=
ALORON (Editor : Sabbir Ahmed Saber), NABARUN (Saidpur Shilpo Sahitto Sangsad), KABBO.