Manikganj is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division.

Dhaka Division is an administrative division within Bangladesh. The capital and largest city is Dhaka. The division covers an area of 31,119.97 km², and has a population of 38,678,000 (2000). Dhaka Division bounds the Indian state of Meghalaya to the north, Barisal and Chittagong Divisions on the south, Sylhet and Chittagong Divisions to the east, Rajshahi and Khulna Divisions to the west.

Geography

It has an area of about 1379 sq. km, and is bounded by Tangail District on the north, Dhaka District on the east and Faridpur District on the south.

Subdivisions

It has 1 municipality, 7 upazillas, and 65 union parishads. The upazillas are Manikganj Sadar, Singair, Shivalaya, Saturia, Harirampur, Ghior and Daulatpur.

History

Manikganj was formerly a subdivision of Dhaka District. It was turned into a district in 1984. On the April 26,1989 Manikganj was the site of, what was at the time, the world's worst tornado interms of loss-of-life. 1,300 people were initially reported as having been killed with 12,000 injured. The towns of Saturia and Manikgank Sadar were leveled and about 80,000 people were made homeless.

Places of interest

Tomb of Shah Rustam, forts at Fordnagar and DhakiJora, Imampara Jami Masjid, Teota Rajbari, Navaratna temple (Teota), Baliati Zamindar Bari, Ekdala fort, Machain Mosque, Dhankora Zamindar-bari, Katasgarh fort, Ibrahim Shah tomb.