| Official Name: | Gazipur |
| Native Name: | গাজীপুর |
| Settlement Type: | Metropolis |
| Motto: | “Green, Glorious, Growing Gazipur” |
| Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Dhaka Division##Location in Bangladesh |
| Coordinates: | 23.9889°N 90.375°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
| Subdivision Type1: | Division |
| Subdivision Name1: | Dhaka Division |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gazipur District |
| Established Title: | Municipality |
| Established Date: | 1984 |
| Established Title2: | Metropolitan city |
| Established Date2: | 13 January 2013 |
| Government Type: | Mayor–Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jayeda Khatun |
| Leader Title1: | Police Commissioner |
| Leader Name1: | Md. Mahbub Alam |
| Area Metro Km2: | 329.23 |
| Elevation M: | 34 |
| Population Total: | 2,674,697 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 (est) |
| Population Density Km2: | 8117 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | City rank |
| Population Blank1: | 3rd in Bangladesh |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Metro rank |
| Population Blank2: | 3rd in Bangladesh |
| Timezone: | Bangladesh Time |
| Utc Offset: | +6 |
| Blank Name: | National Calling Code |
| Blank Info: | +880 |
| Blank1 Name: | Calling Code |
| Blank1 Info: | 0681 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | BengaliEnglish |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UN/LOCODE |
| Blank Info Sec1: | BD GAZ |
| Blank3 Name: | Police |
| Blank3 Info: | Gazipur Metropolitan Police |
| Blank6 Name Sec1: | Metropolitan Planning Authority |
| Blank6 Info Sec1: | Gazipur Development Authority |
| Blank7 Name Sec1: | Water Supply and Sewerage Authority |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 120px |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Seal of Gazipur |
| Native Name Lang: | Bn |
| Other Name: | Joydebpur |
Gazipur (Bengali: গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. Located in Gazipur District, it is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh, with 75% of all garment industries situated there.
Since 2013, Gazipur has been governed by the Gazipur City Corporation, making it one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a city corporation.
Mirzapur Union is situated in the north of the city, in the south Dhaka North City Corporation and Savar Yarpur Union. On the east side, there is Baria Union, Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur and Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur. Mouchak and Maddhapara union of Kaliakair Upazila, and Shimulia and Damshona of Savar are at the west.[1]
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As of the 2011 census, population of what would become Gazipur City corporation was 1,626,077 living in 398,164 households. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 67.39% and a sex ratio of 858 females per 1000 males.[2] As of 2022 provisional census results, the population of Gazipur City corporation was 2,674,697 with a sex ratio of 889 females to 1000 males.[3]
In 2013, a new local government entity called the Gazipur City Corporation was formed by merging the municipalities of Gazipur and Tongi, together with the rural areas of Bashan, Gachha, Kashimpur, Kayaltia, Konabari and Pubail. The area of the newly created city corporation is . Gazipur consists of fifty seven wards including Uttar Chayabithi and 131 mahallas.
Gazipur is one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a city corporation. Among the city corporations it is the youngest and largest in size.
There are many government and private hospitals and clinics in the city. Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College is one of the bigger hospitals in Gazipur city and the only public medical college in the city. The city also has two private medical colleges with 36 private clinics and hospitals. The city also has 26 family planning clinics.
Air pollution levels in Gazipur are extremely unhealthy. In 2020, annual average PM2.5 air pollution in Gazipur stood at 94.6 μg/m3, which is almost 18.9 times the World Health Organization PM2.5 Guideline (5 μg/m3: set in September, 2021).[4] These pollution levels are estimated to reduce the life expectancy of an average person living in Gazipur by 8.8 years.