Mymensingh District (Dhaka division) with an area of 4363.48 sq km, is bounded by Meghalaya State of India and Garo Hills on the north, gazipur district on the south, netrokona and kishoreganj districts on the east and sherpur, jamalpur and tangail districts on the west. The main river is Old Brahmaputra. Besides, there are small rivers, marsh, canals and forestry in the district. The soil formation of the district is flood plain, grey piedomont, hill brown and terrace. There are small valleys between the high forests; annual average temperature maximum 33.3°C, minimum 12°C; annual rainfall 2174 mm.

Mymengingh (Town) was earlier called Nasirabad. It stands on the bank of the Brahmaputra. It consists of 21 wards and 85 mahallas. The area of the town is 21.73 km. It has a population of 225811; male 51.91%, female 48.09%; density of population per sq km 10392 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.4%.


Administration Mymensingh district was established in 1787. Later on it was divided into six districts viz. Tangail, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Sherpur and Netrokona. The district consists of 8 municipalities, 12 upazilas, 146 union parishads, 84 wards, 206 mahallas, 2201 mouzas and 2709 villages. The upazilas are bhaluka, dhobaura, fulbaria, gaffargaon, gauripur, haluaghat, ishwarganj, mymensingh sadar, muktagachha, nandail, phulpur, trishal; the municipalities are Bhaluka, Gaffargaon, Gauripur, Ishwarganj, Mymensingh Sadar, Nandail, Muktagachha and Trishal.