Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল, [ʈaŋgail]), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, 83 kilometres (52 mi) north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of the Tangail District, and is the 13th-largest city by population in Bangladesh. Formerly a small Mohokuma of Mymensingh district