Chittagong (Division)

চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ Chittagong
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
Capital	Chittagong
surface	33,771.1 km²
Residents	31,980,000 (2016)
density	947 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BD-B
Website	www.chittagongdiv.gov.bd (Bengali)

Coordinates: 23 ° 0 '  N , 91 ° 30'  E

The Chittagong Division ( Bengali : চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ , Caṭṭagrām bibhāg , Chattagram Bibhag ) is one of eight administrative units in Bangladesh , which are superordinate to the districts and are named after their largest city.

geography

With an area of ​​33,771.13 km², the Chittagong division is the largest administrative unit and covers most of the south-east of Bangladesh. The administrative capital of the division is the port city of Chittagong , after which the province is named.

In the east of the division are the Chittagong Hill Tracts , an autonomously administered province, within the three districts of Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban. In contrast to the rest of Bangladesh, this region is hilly and covered by a dense jungle. With the Mowdok Mual ( 1045  m ), the Zow Tlang ( 999  m ), the Dumlong ( 997  m ) and the Keokradong ( 980  m ) are the highest mountains in Bangladesh.

The Chittagong division also includes some of the islands in the Bay of Bengal, including the islands of Hatiya and Sandwip in the north west of the Ganges Delta and the islands of Kutubdia , Maheshkhali and St. Martin's Island in the south off the coast of the Cox's Bazar district .

Neighboring areas

The Chittagong division borders the administrative units Dhaka and Sylhet as well as the Indian state of Tripura in the north, the Indian state of Mizoram and the Myanmar province of Chin to the east, the Gulf of Bengal and the Myanmar province of Rakhine to the south and the national one to the west Barishal administrative unit .

Administrative division

Administrative structure of the Chittagong Division

The Chittagong Division consists of 11 districts, 34 city administrations and numerous local sub-administrative categories.

The 11 districts are (with 2011 data):

District	Bengali name	Population in 1000	Area in km²	Inhabitants / km²
Bandarban	বান্দরবান	383	4,479	86
Brahmanbaria	ব্রাহ্মণবাড়ীয়া	2,808	1.927	1,457
Chandpur	চাঁদপুর	2,393	1,704	1,404
Chittagong	চট্টগ্রাম	7,509	5,283	1,421
Cox's Bazaar	কক্সবাজার	2,275	2,492	913
Feni	ফেনী	1,420	928	1,530
Khagrachhari	খাগড়াছড়ি	608	2,700	225
Kumilla	কুমিল্লা	5,304	3,085	1,719
Lakshmipur	লক্ষীপুর	1,711	1,456	1,175
Noakhali	নোয়াখালী	3,072	3,601	853
Rangamati	রাঙ্গামাটি	596	6.116	97
Chittagong Division	চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ	28,079	33,771	831

Population development

The population of the Chittagong division is increasing and is likely to have exceeded the 30 million mark in 2015.

year	population
1991 census	20,522,908
2001 census	24.290.384
2011 census	28,423,019
2016 estimate	31,980,000

literature

• Sajahan Miah: Chittagong Division . In: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Ed.): Banglapedia - the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . 2nd Edition. 2012 (English, banglapedia.org ).

Web links

Commons : Chittagong Division  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 Population & Housing Census: Preliminary Results. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 12, 2012 . 
2. ↑ In the 2011 census there were 28,423,019 inhabitants, in 2001 it was 24,290,384. The linear extrapolation results in an increase of 413,263 inhabitants per year, i.e. 3.008 million for 2015, according to Divisions of Bangladesh (WP)
3. ↑ Bangladesh: Districts and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 6, 2018 .