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{{Short description|City in Dinajpur District, Rangpur Division}}
{{About|the city in Bangladesh|the other uses|Dinajpur (disambiguation)}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2014}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = [[City]] and [[Paurashava|Municipality]]
| official_name = Dinajpur
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| native_name = দিনাজপুর
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| coordinates = {{Coord|25|37|N|88|39|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Rangpur Division]]
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| government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| governing_body = Dinajpur Municipality
| leader_title = [[Mayor|Paura Mayor]]
| leader_name = Syed Jahangir Alam <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinajpur.gov.bd/site/page/7354ee40-18fd-11e7-9461-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE|title= Mayor Dinajpur city's civic body-Dinajpur Municipality |access-date= 2019-09-12}}</ref>
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| population_total = 276,000 <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Bangladesh-Mun.html?cityid=718|title= Area and population of Dinajpur city|access-date= 2019-09-12}}</ref>
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'''Dinajpur''' ({{lang-bn|দিনাজপুর}} {{IPA-bn|dinad͡ʒpur|}}) is a city and the District headquarters of [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur district]] situated in [[Rangpur Division]], [[Bangladesh]]. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of [[Dhaka]] in Bangladesh. It is bounded on the north by Suihari, Katapara, Bangi Bechapara, Pulhat, Koshba on the south, on the east of [[Sheikhupura]] and by the river [[Punarbhaba River|Punarbhaba]] on the west. Dinajpur is Historically and culturally a very Important city in North Bengal.

== Geography and Climate ==
Dinajpur is located on the north-western part of the country. It covers an area of 20.7 square kilometers (8.0 sq mi)

It is situated in 25°37′ N. latitude and 88°39′ E longitude on the eastern bank of the river Punarbhaba. Dinajpur has a [[Humid subtropical climate]] ('''''Cwa)''''' with a humid, hot summer, characterized monsoon season and mild dry winter.

{{Weather box
| single line = Y
| Jul precipitation mm = 436.0
| Dec high C = 25.3
| Dec low C = 12.2
| Jan precipitation mm = 10.2
| Feb precipitation mm = 11.4
| Mar precipitation mm = 12.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 70.1
| May precipitation mm = 218.3
| Aug precipitation mm = 348.8
| Oct low C = 22.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 362.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 156.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 7.9
| Dec precipitation mm = 8.3
| metric first = Y
| width = auto
| Jun high C = 32.6
| Jun low C = 25.1
| Nov high C = 28.9
| Nov low C = 16.7
| location = Dinajpur
| Apr high C = 32.9
| source = http://bmd.gov.bd/file/2016/08/17/pdf/21827.pdf
| Jan high C = 23.0
| Jan low C = 10.4
| Feb high C = 26.5
| Feb low C = 13.0
| Mar high C = 30.9
| Mar low C = 17.3
| Apr low C = 21.1
| Oct high C = 31.0
| May high C = 32.6
| May low C = 23.2
| Jul high C = 31.9
| Jul low C = 25.7
| Aug high C = 32.3
| Sep high C = 31.7
| Aug low C = 26.2
| Sep low C = 25.3
| Jun precipitation mm = 366.2
| precipitation colour = green
}}

== Literacy ==
The percentage of [[literacy]] in the city is 85.05% which is quite high compared with that of other cites in Bangladesh. The progress of education has been marked by gradual and steady increase in the proportion of literates.

== Education ==
Over the last 25 years, Dinajpur has attracted some prominent educational institutions, all of which are government financed. They are as follows:

[[Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University]] is located 13 km north of Dinajpur town and is one of the prominent institutions in North Bengal. It offers various undergraduate programs such as computer science, BBA, agriculture, fisheries, veterinary medicine and postgraduate programs like agronomy, horticulture and soil science.

Established in 1992, [[M Abdur Rahim Medical College]] (former Dinajpur Medical College) is one of the 36 government financed medical institutions located at historical Ananda sagar area in Dinajpur City. Currently, it offers a five-year MBBS Program, along with a one-year compulsory post-graduation internship program. In 2009, Dinajpur city began an English version of education. Some notable English Version schools are: Bethel Int'l School, Dinajpur Ridge School, Dinajpur Labrotary School, Dinajpur Public School, South Point School and Green International School and [[Dinajpur Polytechnic Institute]]. Dinazpur Zilla school, is one of the best high school in Bangladesh.

Tenth educational board of Bangladesh has been established in Dinajpur in 2007. From 2009 S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate) and H.S.C. (Higher Secondary School Certificate) exams have been started to be taken. In S.S.C. exam for the first time it stood 2nd in the country in the G.P.A. 5 list.

== Dinajpur Municipality ==
At first, after its formation in 1856, the Dinajpur Municipality used to be run by a town committee presided over by the Deputy Magistrate. This was among the first 40 municipalities in Bengal at that time. Later in 1868, the 'District Town Act' commissioned a chairman of the municipality who replaced the Deputy Magistrate and given a similar rank as a District Magistrate. Mr. Patterson was appointed the first chairman of Dinajpur Municipality in 1869. Now present chairman is Sued Jahangir Alam.<ref>Mehrab Ali, "History of Dinajpur Pourasava" www.dinajpurmunicipality.com</ref>

==Notable people==
* Khan Bahadur Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, First Muslim Graduate of the district, Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, School Inspector, Chairman Municipality.

* Khan Sahib Mesbah Uddin Ahmed, Supdt. of Customs.

* Dr. Motahar Uddin Ahmed, MRCP (Glasgow).

* Mosahib Uddin Ahmed, District Registrar.

* Air Vice-Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed, Seventh Chief of Airstaff, Bangladesh Air Force.

* Masud Ahmed, Former Ambassador.

* Mansur Ahmed- Senior bureaucrat.
* [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]], a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, and one of the leading writers of modern Bengali literature.
* [[Atmasthananda]], fifteenth president of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
* [[Debojyoti Mishra]], an Indian music director and film composer.
* [[Liton Das]], Cricketer Playing in Bangladesh National Team.
*[[Shawkat Ali (novelist)|Shawkat Ali]], Prominent novelist.
*Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharya, Educationist.
*[[Mohammad Farhad]], popularly known as "Comrade Farhad", was a guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh independence war, and the President of [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]] and a member of [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Bangladesh Parliament]].
*[[Haji Mohammad Danesh]], a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist.

==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:Buri puja.jpg|Buri Puja, Dinajpur
File:The lonely cyclist.jpg|Sukh Sagor
File:Matasagor, Dinajpur.jpg|Matasagor
File:Sun-rise, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.jpg|Bangibechar Hat
File:Sunset, Dinajpur,01.JPG|Sunrise
File:Vigorous touch of the morning, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.JPG|Bangibechar Hat
File:Impressions from a Santhal village in the Dinajpur district, Bangladesh 04.jpg|Holy place in a [[Santhal people|Santhal]] village in the Dinajpur district.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Dinajpur}}
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.dinajpurmunicipality.com|name= Website of Dinajpur Municipality}}

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[[Category:Dinajpur District, Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Populated places in Rangpur Division]]
[[Category:1786 establishments in the British Empire]]
[[Category:1786 establishments in India]]

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