Saidpur

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There is also a Saidpur in north Pakistan. This much smaller, remote town was badly affected by the 2005 South Asia earthquake.

Saidpur is a city in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. The city has a population of around 120,000 (1981 estimate). It contains an airport and is important place of railway and train manufacturing. In 1870, the largest railway workshop of the Assam-Bengal railway was set up in Saidpur. [Article on Saidpur], Banglapedia.

The city is divided into 15 wards and 43 mahallas. The city has a total area of 34.42 sq kilometres and a population of 110151. Saidpur Municipality was incorporated in 1858.

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