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[[File:Belabo Upazila.png|thumb|Belabo Upazila]]
'''Belabo''' ([[Bengali]]: বেলাবো) is an [[upazila]] of [[Narsingdi District]] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Here the 2,500-year-old civilisation of [[Wari Bateshwari]] has been discovered. It is believed that it was a port city with foreign trade with [[Rome]], Southeast Asia and other regions. It is the oldest city so far discovered after Indus valley civilisation.

== Geography ==
Belabo is located at 24.0917°N 90.8500°E. It has 27802 households and total area 117.66 km.

== Demographics ==
As of the 1991 [[Bangladesh]] census, Belabo has a population of 145708. Males constitute 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 73046. Belabo has an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

== Administration ==
Belabo Upazila is divided into eight [[Union parishad|union parishads]]: [[Amlaba]], [[Bajnaba]], [[Belabo]], [[Binnabayd]], [[Char Uzilab]], [[Naraynpur]], [[Patuli]], and [[Sallabad]]. The union parishads are subdivided into 51 mauzas and 100 villages.

Elected Member of Parliament – Adv. Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Elected – 1986 and also the Present MP elected in the 9th parliamentary election 2008 ) Sarder Sakhawat Hossain Bakul (1991 and 2001) and L. G. Nuruddin khan (1996)Adv.Mohammad Shahidullah Bhuyain (1954 M.N.A,1962 M.N.A,1979 M.P,1988 M.P) First Up-Zilla chairman-Abu Tarek Al Hussain Bhuyain.

== Famous Person of Belabo Upazila ==
* [[Principal Abdul Hamid]] Mr. M.Sc. (He was the first [[Bengali]] [[Muslim]] to receive the first class from the [[University of Dhaka]] in [[British India]] in 1936. He established a school and college at [[Ajpara]].)

== Places of interest ==
* [[Wari-Bateshwar]]

== See also ==
* [[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
* [[Districts of Bangladesh]]
* [[Divisions of Bangladesh]]

== References ==
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