Padma Division

Padma Division
পদ্মা বিভাগ
Gangarid-Fatehabad
Faridpur Division in Bangladesh
Faridpur Division in Bangladesh
Coordinates: Pe:GNS-enwiki 23°36′N 89°50′E / 23.60°N 89.84°E / 23.60; 89.84
Country Bangladesh
CapitalFaridpur
Area
 • Total6,913.44 km2 (2,669.29 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)

Padma Division (Bengali: পদ্মা বিভাগ) is a proposed administrative division within Bangladesh for the southern parts of the existing Dhaka Division, comprising Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, Rajbari, and Shariatpur Districts of Dhaka Division.[1][2] The headquarters of the division is to be in Faridpur. This division will be named after its affiliated river Padma.[3]

  1. ^ "3 new divisions to be formed". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "People want Faridpur division early". The News Today. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ দেশের নবম বিভাগ পদ্মা. The Daily Ittefaq.

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