Division (Bangladesh)

The regional administration of Bangladesh is divided into eight large administrative units called divisions .

They are all named after their respective capitals.

location	division	Bengali	Capital	surface	Population (2011)
	Barishal Division	বরিশাল বিভাগ Bariśāl bibhāg	Barishal	13,225 km²	08.326 million
	Chittagong Division	চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ Caṭṭagrām bibhāg	Chittagong	33,909 km²	28.423 million
	Dhaka Division	ঢাকা বিভাগ Ḍhākā bibhāg	Dhaka	20,594 km²	36.054 million
	Khulna Division	খুলনা বিভাগ Khulnā bibhāg	Khulna	22,284 km²	15.688 million
	Maimansingh Division	ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ Maẏamanasiṃh bibhāg	Maimansingh	10,584 km²	11.370 million
	Rajshahi Division	রাজশাহী বিভাগ Rājśāhī bibhāg	Rajshahi	18,153 km²	18.485 million
	Rangpur division	রংপুর বিভাগ Raṃpur bibhāg	Rangpur	16,185 km²	15.788 million
	Sylhet division	সিলেট বিভাগ Sileṭ bibhāg	Sylhet	12,635 km²	09.910 million
	Bangladesh	গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gaṇaprajātantrī Bāṃlādeś	Dhaka	147,570 km²	149.772 million

The divisions are divided into a total of 64 districts as hierarchically subordinate administrative units.

history

After independence in 1971 the four divisions Dacca (from 1983 Dhaka), Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi existed. In 1993, the Barishal Division was re-established as the 5th Division by separating from Khulna. In 1995, Sylhet was separated from Chittagong as the 6th division. In 2010 the Rangpur division was formed from parts of Rajshahi. In 2015, Maimansingh was reformed from parts of Dhaka. At the same time, the Bangladeshi government announced that two more new divisions would be formed, Faridpur from parts of Dhaka and Kumilla from parts of Chittagong.

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  Four divisions 1971–1993

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  Five divisions 1993–1995

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  Six divisions 1995–2010

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  Seven divisions 2010–2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS 2011. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, July 2011, archived from the original on March 19, 2016 ; accessed on March 19, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Rangpur made 7th division. The Daily Star, January 26, 2010, accessed March 19, 2016 . 
3. ^ Mymensingh to become eighth division of Bangladesh. The Daily Star , September 15, 2015, accessed March 19, 2016 .