Chittagong District Information
Area
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5282.98 square kilometers.
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Bounded by
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Feni
district and Tripura (Indian state) on the north, Cox's Bazar district
on the south, Bandarban,
Rangamati and Khagrachhari
districts on the east and Noakhali
district and the bay of bengal on the west.
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Profile
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Chittagong district was established in 1666
including three hill districts. The district of Chittagong Hill Tracts was
established in 1860 with the hill region of the district. Later, Chittagong district was further divided into Chittagong and Cox's
Bazar districts. The district consists of one city corporation, seven
municipalities, six thanas, 20 upazilas, 197 union parishads and 1,319
villages.
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Upazilla/ Thana
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Anwara Upazila, Bandar (Chittagong Port) Thana, Banshkhali
Upazila, Boalkhali Upazila, Chandanaish Upazila, Chandgaon Thana, Double
Mooring Thana, Fatikchhari Upazila, Hathazari Upazila, Kotwali Thana,
Lohagara Upazila, Mirsharai Upazila, Pahartali Thana, Panchlaish Thana,
Patiya Upazila, Rangunia Upazila, Raozan Upazila, Sandwip Upazila, Satkania
Upazila, Sitakunda Upazila
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History
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Chittagong had been a sea port since the
ancient time. The Arab traders had business transactions with this port since
9th century AD. Chittagong region was under
the kingdom of Arakan during sixth and seventh
centuries. Before the Muslim rule Chittagong
had been either under the control of the Arakans or under the kings of Burma.
Sultan Fakruddin Mubarak Shah of Sonargaon conquered Chittagong in 1340. After the defeat of
Sultan Giasuddin Mahmud Shah in the hands of Sher Shah in1538, the Arakanise
again captured Chittagong.
From this time onward until its conquest by the Mughals this region was under
the control of the Portuguese and the Magh pirates. The Mughal Commandar
Bujurg Umed Khan expelled the Portuguese from the area in 1666 and
established Mughal rule there. The Mughals renamed Chittagong
as Islamabad.
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Places to see
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Bronze statues (8th and 9th centuries, in Anwara upazila),
Fakira Mosque (Hathazari), Musa Khan Mosque (1658), Kura Katni Mosque (1806),
Kala Mosque (16th century), Chhuti Khan Mosque (Mirsharai), Kadam Mobarak
Mosque (1719), Andar Killah Mosque, Wali Khan Mosque (1790), Badar Awlia
Dargah, Bakshi Hamid Mosque of Banshkhali (1568), Chittagong Court Building
(1893), Collegiate School, Ethnological Museum (1974).
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Newspapers
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Present: Daily Azadi, Daily Purbokon, Daily Life, Daily
Karnafuli, Weekly Chattala; extinct: Monthly Sanshodhani, Purobi, Mukulika,
Simanto; Weekly Jyoti, Weekly Sultan, Daily Jyoti, Daily Rashtrobarta, Daily
East Pakistan and Daily Azan.
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Rivers
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karnafuli, halda and sangu.
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