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Tangail
টাঙ্গাইল | |
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City | |
 From top to bottom: 1. The city skyline from "Suparibagan"; 2. The Open Stage of Tangail Poura Uddan; 3. Tangail District Court Building; 4. The city gate, Shamsul Huq Toron"; 5. DC Lake at District Headquarters | |
  Tangail Location of Tangail in Bangladesh  Tangail Tangail (Bangladesh) | |
| Coordinates: 24°15′52″N 89°55′05″E / 24.264423°N 89.918140°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka |
| District | Tangail |
| Upazila | Tangail Sadar |
| Incorporated | 1969 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Pourashava |
| • Mayor | Sirajul Haque Alamgir (Bangladesh Awami League) |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.04 km2 (11.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total |  392,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal codes | 1900, 1901, 1902 |
| Area code | 0921 |
| Website | tangailpourashava |
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Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল, [ʈaŋgail]) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh.[3] A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River,[4] 83 kilometres (52 mi) northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital.[5] It is the 25th most populous city in Bangladesh.[6]
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- ^ "Population Census 2011: National Volume-3: Urban Area Report" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 8. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ mcFee, James (21 April 2017). City Maps Tangail Bangladesh. Soffer Publishing.
- ^ "Land grabbers choke Tangail's louhajong river". The Daily Star Bangladesh. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Tangail | Bangladesh". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Population of Cities in Bangladesh 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.