Narayanganj

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Narayanganj (Bengali: নারায়ণগঞ্জ, romanized: Narayongônj) is the seat of Narayanganj District, and the third-largest city in Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It is about 16 km (10 mi) southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, in the Greater Dhaka area. With a population of about 967,951 as of 2022, it is the fourth most-populous city in Bangladesh. It is also a center of business and industry, especially the jute trade and processing plants, and the textile sector of the country. It is nicknamed the Dundee of Bangladesh, due to the presence of its many jute mills. (Dundee was the first industrialised 'Juteopolis' in the world.)

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