Lakshmipur District
District of Bangladesh in Chittagong, Division / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For the city, see Lakshmipur.
For other uses, see Lakshmipur (disambiguation).
Lakshmipur (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর, also spelt Laxmipur, pronounced lok-khi-pur) is a district of Bangladesh with an area of 1,440.39 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmipur was part of Noakhali until 15 February 1984. At that time, the western part of Noakhali was promoted from Lakshmipur subdivision to Lakshmipur district to provide administrative facilities.[3]
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Lakshmipur
লক্ষ্মীপুর | |
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Coordinates: 22.9500°N 90.8250°E / 22.9500; 90.8250 | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Subdivision | 1979 |
District | 15 February 1984 (split from Noakhali) |
Headquarters | Lakshmipur |
Government | |
• Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Anwar Husayn Akand |
Area | |
• Total | 1,440.39 km2 (556.14 sq mi) |
Population (2022 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,937,948 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Lakshmipuri, Laxmipuri |
Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
Postal code | 3700 |
HDI (2018) | 0.596[2] medium · 11th of 21 |
Website | www |
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