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The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas ( Bengali: জেলা ). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar ). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]
Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2023, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Each division is divided into several districts which are further subdivided into upazilas, then union councils .
Bagerhat District (5 C, 12 P) Bandarban District (5 C, 18 P) Bangladesh district templates (65 P) Barguna District (5 C, 7 P) Barishal District (7 C, 21 P) Bhola District (5 C, 9 P) Bogra District (8 C, 21 P)
Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions ( bibhag) and 64 districts ( jela, zila, zela ), although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils ( pourashova ), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils ). The ...
There are eleven major cities in Bangladesh that are governed by twelve city corporations, which include Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Chattogram, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Barisal, Cumilla, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Kushtia. Among these, Dhaka is a megacity, governed by two city corporations, and has a population of more than ...
Upazila. An upazila ( Bengali: উপজেলা, romanized : upajēlā, lit. 'sub-district' pronounced: ['upɘdʒeːlaː] ), formerly called thana, is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries.
Dhaka Division ( Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḍhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh. [6] Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a population magnet, covers an area of 20,508.8 km 2 with a population in excess of 44 million, It is the ...
Barguna ( Bengali: বরগুনাBorguna) is a district in the division of Barisal, in southern Bangladesh. [4] Barguna subdivision was established in 1969 and promoted to a district on 28 February 1984.