Azimpur, Dhaka

Azimpur আজিমপুর
Town
Azimpur Location in Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°43.8′N 90°23.1′E / 23.7300°N 90.3850°E / 23.7300; 90.3850
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Dhaka District
Area
• Total	1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	96,641
• Density	83,000/km2 (210,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Azimpur (Bengali: আজিমপুর) is an old region in the old part of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The region is named after 7th Mughal Emperor Azam Shah who was the youngest son and successor of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Other accounts attribute the name to Azim-us-Shaan, the Nayeb-e-Nazim of Dhaka during the early 18th century. This area started to decay in the colonial era. In 1850, Azimpur shown as a no man's land in the map of surveyor general. In 1950, this area was redesigned as the government employee's residence.^{[1][better source needed]}