Bandarban District

Bandarban
বান্দরবান
Clockwise from top-left: Nilachol, Jadipai waterfall, Keokradong, Buddha Dhatu Zadi, Boga lake
Location of Bandarban in Bangladesh
Location of Bandarban in Bangladesh
Map
Expandable map of Bandarban District
Coordinates: 21°48′N 92°24′E / 21.800°N 92.400°E / 21.800; 92.400
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
As a District18 April 1981
Government
 • MPBir Bahadur Ushwe Sing (Awami League)
 • Deputy CommissionerYasmin Parvin Tibriji[1]
 • District Council ChairmanKya Show Hla[2]
 • Chief Executive OfficerA. T. M. Kawser Hossain[2]
Area
 • Total4,479.01 km2 (1,729.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)[3]
 • Total481,109
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+06:00 (BST)
HDI (2019)0.574[4]
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Websitebandarban.gov.bd

Bandarban (Bengali: বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division.[5] It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the others being Rangamati District and Khagrachhari District. Bandarban district (4,479 km2) is not only the most remote district of the country, but also the least populous (population 388,000).[6] There is an army contingent at Bandarban Cantonment.

  1. ^ "List of Deputy Commissioners". Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bandarban District Hill Council". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2022census-prelim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ Rahman, Atikur (2012). "Bandarban District". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ^ Chowdhury, Sifatul Quader (2012). "Chittagong Hill Tracts". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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