The district of Aligarh is one of the very important historical districts of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The district if Aligarh has its main centre for the control of administration in the city of Aligarh itself. The district of Aligarh is an extremely important part of the Aligarh division of the state of Uttar Pradesh. The district is also one of the best places in the state where the quality of education is very good. The standards are made even higher by the world famous Aligarh Muslim University. The Aligarh Muslim University supports education under 250 major and minor courses. The district of Aligarh covers a land area of approximately about 3648 sq km with a population of about 36.7 lacs which is very much equal to the population of the nation of Mauritania of Africa. The district of Aligarh has a population density of approximately about 1007 people living in per sq km of the area.