Mithapukur Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Mithapukur, Bangladesh}}
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| native_name = মিঠাপুকুর মসজিদ
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| religious_affiliation = Islam
| location = Mithapukur, Rangpur District
| country = Bangladesh
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The Mithapukur Mosque is an early 19th-century mosque in Mithapukur, in the Rangpur District of Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=http://mithapukur.rangpur.gov.bd/node/216699/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8 |script-title=bn:দর্শনীয় স্থান |trans-title=Sightseeing |website=Mithapukur Upazila |language=bn}} Evidence shows it was built in the Mughal era, and in recent years the Department of Archeology has listed it as an archaeological monument of Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
The mosque is situated on Rangpur-Bogra highway, {{convert|4|km}} south of the town of Rangpur District; northwest of Mithapukur at the Upazila headquarters.
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{{Commons cat-inline|Mithapukur Bara Mosque}}
{{Mosques in Bangladesh}}
Category:19th-century mosques in Bangladesh
Category:Mosque buildings with domes in Bangladesh
Category:Mosques completed in the 1810s
Category:Mosques in Rangpur Division
Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1812
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