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MYMENSINGH, or MAIMANSINGH

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MYMENSINGH, or MAIMANSINGH , a See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Dacca See also:division of Eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam. It occupies a portion of the alluvial valley of the See also:Brahmaputra See also:east of the See also:main channel (called the Jamuna) and See also:north of Dacca. The administrative headquarters are at See also:Nasirabad, sometimes called Mymensingh See also:town. See also:Area, 6332 sq. m. Pop. (1901), 3,915,068, showing an increase of 12.8 % in the See also:decade. The district is for the most See also:part level and open, covered with well-cultivated See also:fields, and intersected by numerous See also:rivers. The Madhupur See also:jungle is a slightly elevated See also:tract, extending from the north of Dacca district into the See also:heart of Mymensingh; its See also:average height is about no ft. above the level of the surrounding See also:country, and it nowhere exceeds See also:loo ft. The jungle contains abundance of sal, valuable both as See also:timber and for See also:charcoal. The only other elevated tract in the district is on the See also:southern border, where the Susang hills rise. They are for the most part covered with thick thorny jungle, but in parts are barren and rocky. The Jamuna forms the western boundary of Mymensingh for a course of 94 M.

It is navigable for large boats throughout the See also:

year; and during the See also:rainy See also:season it expands in many places to 5 or 6 m. in breadth. The Brahmaputra enters Mymensingh at its north-western corner near Karaibari, and flows See also:south-east and south till it joins the See also:Meghna a little below Bhairab Bazar. The See also:gradual formation of chars and bars of See also:sand in the upper part of its course has diverted the main See also:volume of See also:water into the See also:present channel of the Jamuna, which has in consequence become of much more importance than the Brahmaputra proper. The Meghna only flows for a See also:short distance through the south-east portion of the district, the eastern and south-eastern parts of which abound in marshes. The See also:staple crops of the country are See also:rice, jute and oil-seeds. A See also:branch See also:line of the Eastern Bengal railway runs north from Dacca through Nasirabad, &c., to the Jamuna. The district was severely affected by the See also:earthquake of the 12th of See also:June 1897.

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