Chattogram District
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district in its namesake division in Bangladesh
Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Chittagong Division
- Establishment
- 1666 ; 360 years ago ( 1666 )
- Capital
- Chittagong
- Type
- District Council
- Deputy commissioner
- Farida Khanom
- Police superintendent
- Md. Masud Alam
- Total
- 5,282.92 km (2,039.75 sq mi)
- Rank
- 2nd in Bangladesh
- Density
- 1,735.68/km (4,495.39/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Chittagonian , Sitainga , Chatgaiya
- Official
- Bengali • English
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 031
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-10
- Un locode
- BD CGP
- Hdi 2019
- 0.695 , medium · 3rd of 20
- International airport
- Shah Amanat International Airport
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- চট্টগ্রাম জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Chattogram Division
- Contains
- Lohagara Upazila
- Capital
- Chittagong
- Population
- 9169465
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Royal Bengal Noakhali District
- Official website
- www.chittagong.gov.bd
- Image
- Chittagong 14.png
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- topic's main category
- Category:Chittagong District
- postal code
- ৪০০০
- Commons category
- Chattogram District
- native label
- চট্টগ্রাম জেলা
- P12749
- Dravuni
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Encyclopedic overview
Chittagong District (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম জেলা), officially Chattogram District, is a district located in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The commercial capital of Bangladesh and the country's only two-dimensional city are both located in Chittagong District. In terms of establishment, this is the oldest district in Bangladesh, and by area, it is the second largest.
The district is also home to the second-largest sea beach in Bangladesh after Cox's Bazar, known as Banshkhali Sea Beach. In addition, the longest hanging bridge in Bangladesh is located in this Chittagong district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chattogram District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.