Back ناحية فريدبور Arabic ফরিদপুর জেলা Bengali/Bangla ফরিদপুর জিলা BPY Districte de Faridpur Catalan Faridpur (distrito sa Bangladesh) CEB Faridpur (Distrikt) German Faridpur District English Faridpur (zila) Spanish ناحیه فریدپور Persian Faridpur (district) French
Faridpur district (Bengali: ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur is the headquarter of this district. The area of this district is 2072.72 km² and is bordered by Rajbari and Manikganj districts on the north, Gopalganj district on the south, Dhaka, Munshiganj and Madaripur districts on the east. The soil of this region is fertile, although once upon a time the district consisted mainly of marshland.
The main rivers are Padma, Old Kumar, Arial Khan, Gorai, Chandana, Bhubanshwar and Lohartek.