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Gazipur

Gazipur is the seat of Gazipur District and the second-largest city in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

Gazipur
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The place

Gazipur is the seat of Gazipur District and the second-largest city in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. It is a major industrial city 25 km (16 mi) north of the national capital Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh, with 75% of all garment industries situated there. It is also part of Greater Dhaka. With a population of 2,677,715, it is the third most-populous city in Bangladesh.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gazipur

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Islamic University of Technology

    Islamic University of Technology is an international engineering technological research university located in Gazipur, Bangladesh. IUT offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and technical education.

    4.6 km · Bangladeshi Islamic International University · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology

    Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, commonly known as DUET, formerly BIT Dhaka, is a public engineering and technological research university in Gazipur, Bangladesh, which focuses on the study of engineering and architecture. DUET is one of the top engineering PhD granting research universities in Bangladesh.

    5.5 km · Public engineering and technology university in Gazipur, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National University

    National University is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through its affiliated colleges, schools and professional institutions throughout the country. The number of colleges under the NU is 2,257.

    3.9 km · public university in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bangladesh Open University

    The Bangladesh Open University Bengali: বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, established on 21 October 1992, is a public university with its main campus in Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division. It is the 8th largest university in the world according to enrollment.

    4.2 km · public university in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bhawal Raj Shamshanswari

    Bhawal Raj Shmashaneshwari is a protected archaeological site in Bangladesh. The establishment is located at North Chhayabithi area in Joydebpur, Gazipur, about one kilometer north of Bhawal Royal Palace on the southern bank of the Chilai River.

    6 km · Protected monument in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    M. E. H. Arif College

    M. E. H. Arif College is a higher secondary school located at Konabari, Gazipur Sadar Upazila, Gazipur District, Bangladesh. It offers 7 years primary education, 5 years secondary education, and 2 years higher secondary education.

    5.5 km · college in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gazipur Agricultural University

    Gazipur Agricultural University ) is a public agricultural university in Bangladesh, established in 1998. It was the first Graduate Agricultural Institute in Bangladesh emphasizing research and extension.

    6 km · Bangladeshi university · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bhawal Badre Alam Government College

    Bhawal Badre Alam Government College is a government educational institution located in Gazipur District of Bangladesh, popularly known as Bhawal College. It is located along Dhaka-Tangail highway near Gazipur intersection.

    100 m · Public college in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Shariatpur Agricultural University

    Shariatpur Agriculture University is a public university under the auspices of the government of Bangladesh. On 6 October 2021, the government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of this university.

    5.7 km · Public university in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Shaheed Barkat Stadium

    Shaheed Barkat Stadium is a football stadium owned and operated by National Sports Council in Gazipur, Bangladesh.

    5.2 km · Bangladeshi Stadium loctaed in Gazipur District · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Nuhash Polli

    Nuhash Polli Rd, Pirozali (off Z3024, not too far from safari park),.

  2. 02
    Bhawal National Park

From Wikivoyage: Gazipur, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park
  2. 02
    Fantasy Kingdom
  3. 03
    Nandan Park

From Wikivoyage: Gazipur, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Gazipur

Airports
Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 16 km · Osmany (ZYL), 186 km · Shah Amanat (CGP), 243 km
Stations
Joydebpur Junction railway station, 4.7 km · Dhirashram railway station, 5.3 km
  • Sylhet → Gazipur
    178 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · ৳730–970
  • Chattogram (Chittagong) → Gazipur
    235 km · quickest by road, 4h 14m · ৳900–1,210
  • Kolkata → Gazipur
    264 km · quickest by road, 5h 26m · ₹2,180–2,730
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gazipur

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gazipur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sohra (Cherrapunji)IN

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    198 km
  2. 02
    Dawki and ShnongpdengIN

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    213 km
  3. 03
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    351 km
  4. 04
    ViswemaIN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    419 km
  5. 05
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

    427 km

If you know how people move in Gazipur – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gazipur

Gazipur is 11 km from Tungi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.