Rangpur Division
Rangpur Division is one of the Divisions in Bangladesh. It was formed on 25 January 2010, as Bangladesh's 7th division. Before that, it was under Rajshahi Division. The Rangpur division consists of eight districts. There are 58 Upazilas or subdistricts under these eight districts. Rangpur is the northernmost division of Bangladesh and has a population of 17,610,956 in the 2022 Census. The major cities of this division are Rangpur, Nilphamari, Saidpur and Dinajpur. Rangpur has well-known educational institutions, such as Carmichael College, Rangpur Zilla School, Cantonment Public School and College, Rangpur, Police Lines School and College, Rangpur, Rangpur Government College, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur Cadet College, Begum Rokeya University and Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur. The division was the poorest in Bangladesh and had the highest incidence of extreme poverty according to World Bank data from 2016.
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