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{{short description|Division of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mymensingh
| native_name = ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ
| native_name_lang = bn
| other_name = Nasratshahi
| official_name = Mymensingh Division
| settlement_type = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] of [[Bangladesh]]
| image_seal =
| image_map = Mymensingh in Bangladesh.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|24|10|N|90|25|E|region:BD_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 2015
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Mymensingh]]
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Divisional Commissioner
| leader_name = Md. Shafiqur Reza Biswas<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/divcommlist.php | title=List of Divisional Commissioners | access-date=2022-06-20 | archive-date=2022-06-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618085224/http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/divcommlist.php | url-status=live }}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Parliament of Bangladesh|Parliamentary constituency]]
| leader_name1 = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] ([[List of parliamentary constituencies of Bangladesh#Mymensingh Division|38 seats]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 10,584.06
| area_note =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 12225498
| population_as_of = 2022 census
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2019)
| blank_info_sec1 = 0.594<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/BGD/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202622/https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/BGD/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{color|#fc0|medium}}
| timezone1 = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset1 = +6
| postal_code_type =
| postal_code =
| iso_code = BD-C
| website = {{URL|www.mymensinghdiv.gov.bd}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Mymensingh Division''' ({{lang-bn|ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ}}) is one of the eight [[Divisions of Bangladesh|administrative divisions]] of [[Bangladesh]]. It has an area of {{convert|10,485|km2}} and a population of 12,225,498 as of the [[2022 Census of Bangladesh|2022 census]]. It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of [[Dhaka Division]]. Its headquarters are in [[Mymensingh]] city in [[Mymensingh District]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mymensinghdivision24.com/ |title=Mymensingh Division 24 |access-date=2016-12-26 |archive-date=2017-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041802/http://mymensinghdivision24.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Provincial Geographies of India Volume 2 0013.jpg|thumb|left|Provincial Map of Bengal showing the Greater Mymensingh Area (present Division with [[Tangail District|Tangail]] and [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]]) in 1917.]]
The Greater Mymensingh region (Mymensingh District along with five other neighbouring districts) was created as a Mymensingh district by the British Indian government in 1787. Later it was reorganized in two phases into six districts: [[Mymensingh]], [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]], [[Netrakona District|Netrakona]], [[Jamalpur District|Jamalpur]], [[Tangail District|Tangail]], and [[Sherpur District|Sherpur]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&q=which+was+later+reorganized+into+six+districts&pg=PA325 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=22 August 2013 |isbn=9780810880245 |access-date=26 January 2015 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025213332/https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&q=which+was+later+reorganized+into+six+districts&pg=PA325 |url-status=live }}</ref> But [[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]] and [[Tangail District|Tangail]] are no longer part of [[Mymensingh]], so [[Mymensingh]] comprises four districts.

On 12 January 2015 prime minister [[Sheikh Hasina]] declared the establishment of a new Mymensingh Division. The initial intention was to carve six districts (those comprising the original Mymensingh district of 1787) out of the [[Dhaka Division]]. However, while four of the districts were eager for the establishment of a new division, people in the Tangail and Kishoreganj Districts wished to remain part of Dhaka Division.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:প্রচ্ছদ ময়মনসিংহকে দেশ থেকে বিতারিত করা উচিত।|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/423265/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97|access-date=14 January 2015|agency=Prothom Alo|issue=14–70|date=14 January 2015|language=bn|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111094616/http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/423265/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=thedailystar.net>{{cite news |title=Mymensingh to become new division |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/mymensingh-to-become-new-division-61779 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=26 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215160740/http://www.thedailystar.net/mymensingh-to-become-new-division-61779|archive-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> On 14 September 2015 Mymensingh was officially announced as a division consisting of four districts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt gives final approval for Mymensingh as country's eighth administrative division|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/09/14/govt-gives-final-approval-for-mymensingh-as-country-s-eighth-administrative-division|access-date=15 September 2015|newspaper=Bdnews24.com|date=14 September 2015|archive-date=15 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915073114/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/09/14/govt-gives-final-approval-for-mymensingh-as-country-s-eighth-administrative-division|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mymensingh a division now|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/sep/15/mymensingh-division-now|access-date=15 September 2015|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|date=15 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065827/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/sep/15/mymensingh-division-now|archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mymensingh to become eighth division of Bangladesh|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/mymensingh-become-division-143359|access-date=15 September 2015|newspaper=[[Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]]|date=14 September 2015|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021171320/https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/mymensingh-become-division-143359|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-bottom: 0;"
! Name !! Headquarter !! Area (km2) !! Population 1991 Census !! Population 2001 Census !! Population 2011 Census
|-
| [[Mymensingh District]] || [[Mymensingh]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 4394.57}} || {{formatnum: 3957182}} || {{formatnum: 4489726}} || {{formatnum: 5110272}}
|-
| [[Jamalpur District]] || [[Jamalpur Sadar Upazila|Jamalpur]] || align="right" | {{formatnum: 2115.16}} || {{formatnum: 1874440}} || {{formatnum: 2107209}} || {{formatnum: 2292674}}
|-
| [[Netrokona District]] || [[Netrokona]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2794.28}} || {{formatnum: 1730935}} || {{formatnum: 1988188}} || {{formatnum: 2229642}}
|-
| [[Sherpur District]] || [[Sherpur Sadar Upazila|Sherpur]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1364.67}} || {{formatnum: 1138629}} || {{formatnum: 1279542}} || {{formatnum: 1358325}}
|-
| ''Total District'' || 4||align="right"|{{formatnum: 10584.06}} || {{formatnum: 8701186}} || {{formatnum: 9864665}} || 10,990,913
|}
Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing.

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Mymensingh division (2011)<ref name="census2011"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Muslims]]|green|95.19}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hindus]]|darkorange|4.22}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Bangladesh|Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.51}}
{{bar percent|Others|black|0.08}}
}}
Muslims are the predominant religion with 95.19%, while Hindus and Christians are 4.22% and 0.51% of the population respectively. Mymensingh has the highest percentage of Muslims of all divisions of Bangladesh.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Population & Housing Census 2011(Zila aeries)|url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/site/page/47856ad0-7e1c-4aab-bd78-892733bc06eb/Population-and-Housing-Census|publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2022-07-02|archive-date=2022-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729155017/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/site/page/47856ad0-7e1c-4aab-bd78-892733bc06eb/Population-and-Housing-Census|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Mymensingh Division
|North = [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]
|Northeast = [[Sylhet Division]]
|East = [[Sylhet Division]]
|Southeast = [[Comilla Division]]
|South = [[Dhaka Division]]
|Southwest = [[Dhaka Division]]
|West = [[Rajshahi Division]]
|Northwest = [[Rangpur Division]]
}}

{{Divisions and districts of Bangladesh}}

{{Authority control}}

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