Noakhali
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নোয়াখালী Noakhali |
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 50 ′ N , 91 ° 6 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Bangladesh | ||
| Chittagong | |||
| District | Noakhali | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BD-47 | ||
| Residents | 107,654 (2011) | ||
Noakhali , also called Majidee , ( Bengali নোয়াখালী) is a city in Bangladesh that is part of the Chittagong Division . It is the capital of the Noakhali district . The city is part of the Upazila Noakhali Sadar. The population of Noakhali was over 107,000 in 2011.
history
The old name of Noakhali city was Sudharam. Sudharam was named after Sudliaram Mazumdar , a wealthy merchant and benefactor. It was established as a parish in 1876 and the population in 1901 was 6,520. It was nothing more than a rural bazaar with a few government offices and residential buildings. It was completely destroyed by the cyclone of 1893, and the government offices that have been built since then are significant buildings. The town is connected to Laksam by rail , and steamers run from there to the islands and Barishal .
When the district headquarters was flooded by the erosion of the Meghna River in 1948 , it was relocated 8 km north to its current location in Maijdee.
Population development
| year | population |
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| 1991 | 65,589 |
| 2001 | 75,956 |
| 2011 | 107,654 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2019 .
- ^ JE Webster: Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers: Noakhali. . The Pioneer Press, Allahbad 1911.