Rangpur Division

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Rangpur Division is an administrative region in northern Bangladesh known for its agricultural economy, historic towns, and location along major rivers including the Teesta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
first-level administrative division of Bangladesh
borderedByRiver Teesta River
capital Rangpur
climate tropical wet and dry climate
containsCity Dinajpur
Gaibandha
Kurigram District
surface form: Kurigram

Lalmonirhat
Nilphamari
Panchagarh
Rangpur
Thakurgaon
containsDistrict Dinajpur
surface form: Dinajpur District

Gaibandha District
Kurigram District
Lalmonirhat District
Nilphamari District
Panchagarh
surface form: Panchagarh District

Rangpur
surface form: Rangpur District

Thakurgaon District
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
establishedAsDivision 2010
hasCrop jute
potato
rice
tobacco
hasEconomicSector agriculture
hasRegionalLanguage Rangpuri language
hasRiver Brahmaputra
surface form: Brahmaputra River

Dharla River
Ghaghat River
Teesta River
knownFor agricultural economy
historic towns
potato cultivation
rice cultivation
rural landscape
tobacco cultivation
language Bengali
locatedIn northern Bangladesh
locatedInRegion Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system
surface form: Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin
locatedOnContinent Asia
partOf People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
previouslyPartOf Rajshahi Division
timeZone Bangladesh Standard Time
traversedByRiver Teesta River
utcOffset +06:00

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Teesta River flowsThrough Rangpur Division
Sannyasi Rebellion mainRegion Rangpur Division
this entity surface form: Rangpur region
Dinajpur partOf Rangpur Division
Western Bangladesh hasSubregion Rangpur Division
Indo–Bangladesh International Border adjacentTo Rangpur Division
this entity surface form: Bangladesh division of Rangpur
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division (in parts) sharesBoundaryWith Rangpur Division
subject surface form: Rajshahi Division
Tista flowsThrough Rangpur Division