Rangpur
Rangpur is a major metropolitan city in Bangladesh.
Rangpur is a major metropolitan city in Bangladesh. This city serves as the administrative center of the Rangpur Division. It is strategically located on the banks of the Ghaghat River and near the Teesta River. It is the second-largest city corporation in Bangladesh. The city has developed rapidly in recent years, with improvements in infrastructure and services enhancing its role as a key regional hub. Rangpur has become a key destination for students from other districts and cities seeking quality education. Rangpur features notable educational institutions. Rangpur also has a vibrant local culture, including traditional festivals and community events.
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Worth seeing in and around Rangpur
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.
- 01Rangpur Government College
Rangpur Government College is a public educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was established on July 25, 1963.
1.1 km · Public College in Rangpur, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 02Govt. Begum Rokeya College, Rangpur
Govt. Begum Rokeya College, Rangpur is a public women's college located in Purbo Shalban, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
1.6 km · Govt. College in Rangpur, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 03Recreation Park and Rangpur Zoo
Recreation Park and Rangpur Zoo, is located in Rangpur, Bangladesh, is the largest zoo in North Bengal and the second largest in Bangladesh in terms of size. With an area of 21.51 acres of lush green trees and grasses, the zoo is located east side of Hanuman-tola road beside Police Line Road, not far from Rangpur District Administration Office.
900 m · zoo in Rangpur · Wikipedia - 04Rangpur Cricket Garden
Rangpur Cricket Garden is a first-class cricket ground in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It is located on the south side of Rangpur Stadium.
800 m · cricket ground in Rangpur, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 05Tajhat Palace
Tajhat Palace or Tajhat Rajbari is a historic palace in Rangpur, Bangladesh. This palace now holds the Rangpur museum.
4.3 km · Historic palace of Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 06Alokbortika
Alokbortika is a commemorative sculpture of Begum Rokeya. It is located at Shalbon Indra crossing, next to Begum Rokeya Government College in Rangpur city.
1.4 km · Begum Rokeya Memorial Sculpture · Wikipedia - 07Teachers' Training College, Rangpur
Teachers' Training College, Rangpur, is one of the oldest teachers’ training colleges in Bangladesh. There are total fourteen teachers’ training colleges in Bangladesh located in the main cities.
1.4 km · Bangladeshi teachers' training college · Wikipedia - 08Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, formerly Rangpur University, is a public research university in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Founded in 2008, it is the only generally categorized university in Rangpur Division and the second public university in the region.
3.9 km · Bangladeshi Public University · Wikipedia - 09Rangpur Polytechnic Institute
Rangpur Polytechnic Institute is a technical educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was established in 1882 as Bailey Bridge Govind Lal Technical School.
1.4 km · Government Polytechnic Institute of Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 10Prime Medical College
Prime Medical College is a private medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2008. It is located in Pirzabad, on the western fringes of Rangpur.
2.5 km · private medical college located in Rangpur, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rangpur
- Airports
- Bagdogra (IXB), 138 km · Paro (PBH), 185 km · Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (GAU), 237 km
- Stations
- Rangpur railway station, 2.8 km
- Dhaka → Rangpur255 km · quickest by road, 5h 55m · ৳1,010–1,350
- Sylhet → Rangpur280 km · quickest by road, 8h 44m · ৳1,850–2,470
- Chattogram (Chittagong) → Rangpur461 km · quickest by road, 9h 22m · ৳1,790–2,380
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rangpur
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 Rangpur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Rangpur
- Rangpur Districtdistrict in its namesake division in Bangladesh1.8 km
- Rangpur Zilla SchoolPublic high school in Rangpur district1 km