Rangamati

Rangamati রাঙ্গামাটি
Town
Nickname:  Lake City of Bangladesh
Rangamati Location in Chittagong Division Show map of Chittagong division Rangamati Location in Bangladesh Show map of Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°38′N 92°12′E / 22.633°N 92.200°E / 22.633; 92.200
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Rangamati
Upazila	Rangamati Sadar
Government
• Incumbent MP	Dipankar Talukdar
• Mayor	Akbar Hossain Chowdhury
• Ruling Party	AL
Area
• Total	21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (49 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	106,060
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal Code	4500
Area code	0351
Climate	Am

Rangamati (Bengali: রাঙ্গামাটি;) is the administrative headquarter and town of Rangamati Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an altitude of 14 metres (46 ft).^[1] It is also where Ropuiliani, a Mizo chieftess, was jailed and died, during British rule in Mizoram.^[2][3]

From Chittagong a 77 kilometres (48 mi) road leads to Rangamati. The township is located on the western bank of the Kaptai lake. Rangamati is a holiday destination because of its landscape, scenery, lake, indigenous groups (Chakma, Marma, Mizo, Tripuri, Tanchangya, etc.), flora and fauna, indigenous museum and hanging bridge.^{[citation needed]}