Rangpur (Bengali: রংপুর) is one in all the major cities in Bangla Desh. Rangpur was one of the oldest Municipality in Bangla Desh, that was established within the year 1869. rangpur declared as a vicinity headquarter as on sixteen December 1769. The municipal edifice was erected within the year of 1892 beneath the precedence Raja Janaki Ballav fractional monetary unit. Chairman of the municipality to whom rangpur lime is indebted for several works of utility and for his sedulous efforts to advance the advance of the city. throughout that amount in 1890, "Shyama sundari khal" was excavated for improvement of the city.
The Municipality is located in the north western part of Bangladesh and considered as the centre of northwestern Bangladesh.. Recently established public university of Bangla Desh named as "Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur" is placed within the southern a part of town. Earlier rangpur lime was the headquarter of bigger rangpur district. Later the bigger rangpur lime district was de-escalated into rangpur lime, Kurigram, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha districts. As a hub of trade, business and non-governmental organisational activities its influence over the districts beneath Greater-Dinajpur is additionally appreciable.
Rangpur Division: January 25th 2010 - Rangpur Division, is proclaimed today as Bangladesh's seventh division. It is created with greater Rangur and Dinajpur regions and total consists eight districts which are Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Ponchigor and Thakurgaon. With a population of 13 million and 874 thousands , Rangpur division is the northmost division of Bangladesh.
Rangpur is one of the major cities in Bangladesh. Rangpur is considered as the centre of the north-western Bangladesh. Recently established public university of Bangladesh named as "The University of Rangpur" is situated in the southern part of the city.