Gazipur City Corporation

Gazipur City Corporation (Bengali: গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation. Current mayor of GCC is M. A. Mannan who was advocated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is the first mayor of Gazipur City Corporation. Basically, Gazipur City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Gazipur, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Currently the minister of LGRD ministry is Sayed Ashraful Islam. Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Gazipur City Corporation. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 25,00,000 people in the city corporation area.^[1]

Important establishments

1. Islamic University of Technology (IUT)
2. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)
3. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
4. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
5. Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)
6. Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
7. Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
8. National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
9. Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
10. Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
11. Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
12. Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
13. National University
14. Bangladesh Open University
15. Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
16. Security Printing Press Ltd.
17. Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
18. Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
19. Ansar Academy
20. Bangabandhu Safari Park
21. Hi-tech Park

References

Coordinates: 23°54′26″N 90°23′53″E / 23.907293°N 90.398130°E / 23.907293; 90.398130