Tongi
Tongi
টঙ্গী | |
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A road in Tongi | |
Tongi Location in Dhaka Division Tongi Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 23°54′N 90°25′E / 23.90°N 90.41°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Gazipur District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Gazipur City Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.07 km2 (12.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 350,000 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 36th |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time) |
| National Dialing Code | +880 |
Tongi (Bengali: টঙ্গী) is a major township in Gazipur, Bangladesh, with a population of 350,000. It hosts the Biswa Ijtema and features a BSCIC industrial area, which produces BDT 1500 crore of industrial products annually, and marks the northern border of Dhaka since 1786. The Tongi Shahid Smrity high School compound is a mass burial site of the genocide committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It is part of Greater Dhaka.