The principal town of the district also gives its name to the district headquarter and forms a tahsil of the name Sadar. It is situated in Lat.26 Degree 4 minute(North) and Long. 83 Degree 11 minute (East), on the road leading from Allahabad through Jaunpur to Gorakhpur. Metalled road from this place lead south-east wards to Ghazipur and Mau and west-wards to Shahganj. There is a railway station of the same name on a branch of the north eastern railway. The city was founded around 1665 by one Azam Khan son of Bikramjit.

The old fort of Azam Shah is situated on the bank of river Tamsa in east of city. There are 2 boys degree colleges-D.A.V.Degree college, Shiblee Degree college and 1 girls degree college-Agrashen Girls Degree College.
On the road of Azamgarh-Ghazipur Shri Durgaji Post Graduate Degree college, Chandeshar is situated. Which is 5 km. from city.

The agricultural and Homeopathic medical college is also here.A Famous urdu library named as Shilblee library located at Shiblee Academy. The Kunwar singh park is situated in the city

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