Khagrachhari
| Khagrachhari | |||
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 6 ′ N , 91 ° 58 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Bangladesh | ||
| Chittagong | |||
| District | Khagrachhari | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BD-29 | ||
| Residents | 40,000 | ||
| founding | 1860 | ||
Khagrachhari ( Bengali : খাগড়াছড়ি , Khāgaṛāchaṛi ) is the district capital of the mountain district of the same name in southeastern Bangladesh . The city was founded in 1860 by Remrochai Chowdhury. Today about 40,000 people live in Khagrachhari. The city is not far from the Chingri River in the Chittagong Hill Tracts .