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Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of
Chattogram Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
, which is the second largest city in
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
, is located within this district.


History

Because of the natural harbour, Chattogram had been an important location for trade, drawing Arab traders as early as the 9th century CE. The region fell under the rule of kings from
Arakan Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it access ...
in the 16th and 17th centuries, but later, the
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under
Shaista Khan Mirza Abu Talib (22 November 1600 – 1694), better known as Shaista Khan, was a general and the subahdar of Mughal Bengal. A maternal uncle to the emperor Aurangzeb, he acted as a key figure during his reign. Shaista Khan initially governed ...
conquered Chattogram. During the 17th century, the region also faced a lot of attacks by
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pirates. The Mughals established Chattogram as a district in 1666. Chattogram is the 2nd largest district in Bangladesh by population and area. The Chattogram Hill Tracts were separated from Chittagong in 1860. In 1947, Chattogram came under Pakistan and became part a district of East Pakistan. Port of Chattogram was a big spot for exports and imports of Pakistan. After the liberation of Bangladesh,
Cox's Bazar District Cox's Bazar ( bn, কক্সবাজার জেলা , ''Cox's Bazar Jela'' also ''Cox's Bazar Zila'') is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar town. It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's ...
was separated in 1984.


Administration

* Administrator of Zila Porishod: M A Salam * Deputy Commissioner (DC): Mohammad Elius Hossain


Subdivisions

There are 15 upazilas and 31 thanas within Chattogram District. There are 16 Thanas for the
Chattogram Metropolitan Police Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), former Chittagong Metropolitan Police, is the chief law enforcement agency in Chattogram, the second largest city in Bangladesh. It was established in 1978 under the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance app ...
covered area including the Karnaphuli Upazila, 2 for Mirsharai Upazila, and 1 for each of the remaining 13 upazilas. The upazilas are: # Anwara Upazila # Banshkhali Upazila #
Boalkhali Upazila Boalkhali ( bn, বোয়ালখালী) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Boalkhali is located at . It previously had 33514 households and its total area is 145.44 km2. According ...
# Chandanaish Upazila #
Fatikchhari Upazila Fatikchari( bn, ফটিকছড়ি, Fôṭikchhôṛi) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. History The Fatikchhari Jami al-Uloom Fazil Madrasa and the Jamia Arabia Nasirul Islam Madrasa were founded i ...
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Hathazari Upazila Hathazari ( bn, হাটহাজারী) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Hathazari is located at . It has 52,594 households and a total area of 251.28 km2. The main river is Halda. It ...
# Karnaphuli Upazila # Lohagara Upazila # Mirsharai Upazila #
Patiya Upazila Patiya ( bn, পটিয়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. History During the British rule, a police station(thana) was established in Patiya in 1845. It was upgraded to an ''upazila'' in 1984. Th ...
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Rangunia Upazila Rangunia ( bn, রাঙ্গুনিয়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Rangunia Upazila is located in between 22°18' and 22°37' north latitudes and in between 91°58' and 92°08' ...
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Raozan Upazila Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947. Geography Raozan has 45,777 households and a total area of 246.58 km2. The two main rivers ...
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Sandwip Upazila Sandwip ( bn, সন্দ্বীপ) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char. History Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district leve ...
# Satkania Upazila # Sitakunda Upazila The thanas for the
Chattogram Metropolitan Police Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), former Chittagong Metropolitan Police, is the chief law enforcement agency in Chattogram, the second largest city in Bangladesh. It was established in 1978 under the Chittagong Metropolitan Police Ordinance app ...
covered area are: #
Akbar Shah Thana Akbar Shah ( bn, আকবর শাহ) is a thana under the Chattogram District in Chattogram Division Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bang ...
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Bakoliya Thana Bakalia ( bn, বাকলিয়া) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Bakalia thana with an area of 12.33 km2 is located in between 22°26' and 22°19' north latitudes and in between 91°50' and 91°5 ...
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Bandar Thana Chattogram Bandar ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Chittagong port is located at . It has 30762 households and total area 44.63 km2. Demogr ...
# Bayazid Bostami Thana # Chandgaon Thana # Chawkbazar Thana #
Chittagong Kotwali Thana Chattogram Kotwali ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম কোতোয়ালী) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Chittagong Kotwali Thana is located at . It has 43062 households and total area ...
# Double Mooring Thana #
EPZ Thana EPZ ( bn, ইপিজেড) is a thana under the Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous coun ...
# Halishahar Thana #
Karnaphuli Thana Karnaphuli ( bn, কর্ণফুলী) is an Upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Administration Karnaphuli Thana was established on 27 May 2000. Karnaphuli, a police station area under Chattogram's Patiya, has b ...
# Khulshi Thana # Pahartali Thana # Panchlaish Thana # Patenga Thana #
Sadarghat Thana Sadarghat ( bn, সদরঘাট) is a thana under the Chattogram District in Chattogram Division Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Banglades ...
The thanas for the Mirsharai Upazila are: # Jorargonj Thana # Mirsharai Thana


Demographics

According to the
2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Chittagong District had a population of 7,616,352, of which 3,838,854 were males and 3,777,498 females. Rural population was 4,463,723 (58.61%) while the urban population was 3,152,629 (41.39%). Chittagong district had a literacy rate of 58.91% for the population 7 years and above: 61.13% for males and 56.56% for females.


Religion

Chittagong is multi-religious. Muslims are in majority with 86.90%, while Hindus and Buddhists are 11.31% and 1.59% respectively. Chittagong has the largest population of Hindus of any district in Bangladesh. Most of the Buddhists are Baruas and their population is decreasing with emigration, while Muslims and Hindus are both increasing in numbers, with Hindus growing more slowly. Chittagong District has 13,148 mosques, 1025 Hindu temples, 535
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temples and 192 churches. Fakira Mosque in Hathazari, Musa Khan Mosque, Hafez Para Jame Mosque in Putibila, LOHAGARA, Kura Katni Mosque, Hashimpur Kadam Rasool Mosque in Chandanaish, the 16th century Kala Mosques, Chhuti Khan Mosque, Kadam Mobara Mosque, Andar Killah Mosque, Bakshi Hamid Mosque of Bashkhali, and East Gomdandi Chowdhury Para Old Mosque of Boalkhali are famous mosques in Chittagong. Also Badar Awlia Dargah is a tomb in Chittagong. The ethnic population is 32,165, consisting mainly of Tripuris and Chakmas.


Education

Colleges * Kulgaon City Corporation College * Gachbaria Govt. College *
Patiya Govt. College Patiya Government College ( bn, পটিয়া সরকারি কলেজ) is a public college located in Patiya Upazila of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It is affiliated to National University, and is the only master's level college ...
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Chittagong Cantonment Public College Chittagong Cantonment Public College (CCPC) is a higher secondary educational institution in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established in 1961, and administered by the Bangladesh Army. The institution also offers post-secondary education. It ...
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Chittagong College Chittagong College is a government college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the second college established in Bangladesh after Dhaka College. It offers higher secondary education (HSC), bachelor's degree and master's degree. History Having begu ...
* Satbaria Oli Ahmad Bir Bikram College * Anowara Govt. College *
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Faujdarhat Cadet College Faujdarhat Cadet College is a historic public military high school (grade 7 to grade 12), modelled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), run following the national curriculum of Bangladesh in English version ...
* Chittagong Polytechnic Institute *
Chittagong Mohila Polytechnic Institute Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in ...
* Halishahar Cantonment Public School and College * Chunati Government Girls College, LOHAGARA Universities *
Chittagong University The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...
* Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology * BGC Trust University Bangladesh *
International Islamic University Chittagong The International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) ( bn, আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম) is a private university in Bangladesh. It was founded in 199 ...
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East Delta University East Delta University ( bn, ইস্ট ডেল্টা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় or EDU) is a private university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It received the government's license in 2006 and started its academic operation in F ...
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Premier University, Chittagong Premier University ( bn, প্রিমিয়ার বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), also known as PU, is a private university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established in 2002. History The ex-mayor of Chittagong City Corpo ...
* Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University *
Chittagong Medical University Chittagong Medical University is a government medical university situated in Chattogram, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depende ...
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University of Science and Technology, Chittagong University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC) ( bn, বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, চট্টগ্রাম) is a private university located in Chattogram, Bangladesh. A ...
* University of Creative Technology, Chittagong *
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Medical colleges *
Chittagong Medical College Chittagong Medical College (CMC) is situated in the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh and is the oldest medical college in the south-eastern part of the country. It is affiliated with a tertiary level hospital where clinical students are tra ...
* BGC Trust Medical College, Chandanaish * CHİTTAGONG DENTAL COLLEGE


Language and Culture

Chittagong's official language is Bangla but they have their own language which is called Chittagonian language. This language is distinct from Bangla. "The dialect of Chittagong, in southeast Bangladesh, is different enough to be considered a separate language." It has its own grammar, phonology and vocabulary.


Notable people

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Binod Bihari Chawdhury Binod is a name in Bengali, Odia, Nepali and Bodo languages, which comes from the Sanskrit for "happiness" or "joy". Notable people with the name include: * Binod Bhandari (born 1990), Nepalese cricketer * Binod Bihari Chowdhury (1911–2013), ...
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Nuton Chandra Singha Farhana Amin Ratna (better known by her stage name Nuton) is a Bangladeshi film actress. She was a dancer from Kishoreganj Kishoreganj is a city and the headquarters of Kishoreganj District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. See also ...
* Nurul Abedin *
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* Mahbubul Alam * Mohit Ul Alam * Ayub Bachchu *
Shyam Sundar Baishnab Shyam Sundar Baishnab (died 4 December 2000) was a Bangladeshi folk singer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2008 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to music. Career Baishnab originated from Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃ ...
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Partha Barua Partha Barua (born 3 May) is a Bangladeshi singer and actor. He is a member of the rock band Souls. Early life Barua was born and raised in Chittagong to Bimal Kanti Barua & Ava Barua. His mother was a teacher of Bagmoniram S.K City Corporation ...
* Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad * Abdul Haq Choudhury *
Shantanu Biswas Shantanu Biswas (25 October 1954 – 12 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi dramatist, playwright, stage director, singer-songwriter and composer. He has written and directed several full-length plays between 1975 and 2019, where he performed as an acto ...
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Rony Chowdhury Rony Chowdhury (born 1 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Chittagong Division in the 2016–17 National Cricket League on 2 October 2016. In May 2021, Chowdhury was named in Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Sam ...
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Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of ...
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Sarat Chandra Das Sarat Chandra Dash ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র দাশ) (18 July 1849 – 5 January 1917) was an Indian scholar of Tibetan language and culture most noted for his two journeys to Tibet in 1879 and in 1881–1882. Biography Born in Ch ...
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Maitreyi Devi Maitreyi Devi (or Maitreyī Devī; 1 September 1914 – 29 January 1989) was an Indian poet and novelist. She is best known for her Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel, ''Na Hanyate'' (). Biography Devi was born in 1914. She was the daughter of ...
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* Nurul Islam (physician) * Mirza Ahmad Ispahani * Rubayyat Jahan *
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Akram Khan (cricketer) Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আকরাম হুসেইন খান; born 1 November 1968) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A hard hitting middle order batsman, Akram played first-class cricket for Chittagon ...
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Allauddin Khan Allauddin Khan, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan ( – 6 September 1972) was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. For a generation m ...
* Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan *
Morshed Khan Morshed Khan (born 8 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-10 constituency in the 6th, 7th a ...
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Dipa Ma Nani Bala Barua (March 25, 1911 - September 1, 1989), better known as Dipa Ma, was an Indian meditation teacher of Theravada Buddhism and was of Barua descent. She was a prominent Buddhist master in Asia and also taught in the United States where ...
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A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms. Early life Chowdhury was born on ...
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* Anagarika Munindra *
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Ayub Quadri Ayub Quadri (born March 16, 1946) is a former advisor for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to the interim Government of Bangladesh that assumed power on January 11, 2007. After serving as an advisor for 11 months, he resigned from ...
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Ramesh Shil Ramesh Shil (1877 – April 6, 1967) was a Bengali bard. He belonged to the class of bards, called ''Kabiyals'', who improvised songs in poetic contests evolved in Calcutta and its outskirts in the 18th and the 19th centuries, and also became kno ...
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* Iftekhar Sajjad * Blanaid Salkeld *
Anupam Sen Anupam Sen (born 5 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi author, sociologist, and social activist. He is currently serving as the vice-chancellor of Premier University, Chittagong. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh. ...
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Nabinchandra Sen Nabinchandra Sen ( bn, নবীনচন্দ্র সেন; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was a Bengali poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore. He commented on the batt ...
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Surya Sen Surya Sen, also called Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 189412 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armour ...
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Jatindra Mohan Sengupta Jatindra Mohan Sengupta (22 February 1885 – 23 July 1933) was an Indian revolutionary against the British rule. He was arrested several times by the British police. In 1933, he died in a prison located in Ranchi, India. Sengupta studied at Ha ...
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Tarakeswar Dastidar Tarakeswar Dastidar (1909 – 12 January 1934) was an Indian independence activist. He participated in the Chittagong armoury raid, along with Surya Sen and others on 18 April 1930. Revolutionary activities Dastidar was born in a Vaidya fami ...
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Ahmed Sharif Ahmed Sharif (13 February 1921 – 24 February 1999) was an educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bengali literature. He is recognized as one of the most outspoken atheist and radical thinkers of Bangladesh. Backgr ...
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Lokman Khan Sherwani Lokman Khan Sherwani (14 August 1910 – 27 August 1969) was an activist of the Indian independence movement under the British rule. He was a Bengali poet and journalist. Lokman Khan Sherwani was married to Shobnom Khanam Sherwani, who was als ...
* L. K. Siddiqi *
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* Suddhananda Mahathero * Sukomal Barua *
Pritilata Waddedar Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who was influential in the Indian independence movement. After completing her education in Chittagong and Dhaka, she at ...
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Yasir Ali (Bangladeshi cricketer) Yasir Ali Chowdhury (born 6 March 1996), also known as Yasir Ali Rabbi, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. Yasir Ali Chowdhury is a young Bangladeshi middle-order batter who played the 2014 Under-19 World Cup. He also plays for Abahani Limited in List ...
* Monica Yunus *
Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinanc ...
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Zamor Zamor (Baptism, christened Louis-Benoit) (1762 - February 7, 1820) was a French revolutionary of possibly Siddi Habshi origin from Bengal, who, as a boy of 11, was taken from Chittagong, Bengal Subah, Mughal Empire (now Bangladesh) by slave trade ...
* Rajat Sen * Minar Rahman


See also

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Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
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Chittagong Division Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population at the 2 ...
* Divisions of Bangladesh


Notes


References


External links


Official Web Portal of Chittagong District
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