district in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lakshmipur or Laxmipur District (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলা, Lakshmipur Jela also Lakshmipur Zila) with an area of 1455.96 km², is a district of Bangladesh. It is bordered by Chandpur District to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali District to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west.
Lakshmipur
লক্ষ্মীপুর | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 22.9500°N 90.8250°E | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Chittagong Division |
Area | |
• Total | 1,440.39 km2 (556.14 sq mi) |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 1,729,188 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Literacy rate | |
• Total | 62.26%[1] |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+7 (BDST) |
Postal code | 3700 |
Website | www |
The upazilas under this district are:[2]
The district of Lakshmipur consists 3539 mosques, 45 temples, 1 churches.[3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.