City · Bangladesh
Rajshahi
Rajshahi is a metropolitan city and a major urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. It is also the largest city of North Bengal. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh–India border, the city is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali of Paba Upazila, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population.
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- Population: 763,580.
- Founded: 1700.
- Area: 9.668e+07 sq km.
- Timezone: Asia/Dhaka.