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{{short description|Division of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chittagong Division
| native_name = চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ
| official_name = Chattogram Division
| settlement_type = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] of [[Bangladesh]]
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_seal =
| image_map = {{switcher|[[File:Chattogram in Bangladesh.svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Chittagong Division in Bangladesh|[[File:Chattogram Division districts map.png|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Districts of Chittagong Division}}
| coordinates = {{coord|22|55|N|91|30|E|region:BD_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1829
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Chittagong]]
| government_footnotes =
| governing_body = {{nowrap|[[Government of Bangladesh]]}}
| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Divisional Commissioner of Bangladesh|Divisional Commissioner]]
| leader_name = Md. Aminur Rahman, NDC<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/divcommlist.php | title=List of Divisional Commissioners | access-date=2022-06-20 | archive-date=2022-06-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618085224/http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/divcommlist.php | url-status=live }}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| leader_title1 = [[Parliament of Bangladesh|Parliamentary constituency]]
| leader_name1 = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] ([[List of parliamentary constituencies of Bangladesh#Chittagong Division|58 seats]])
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 34,529.97
| area_note =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 33202326
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2022census-prelim" />
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
| timezone1 = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset1 = +6
| iso_code = BD-B
| website = {{URL|www.chittagongdiv.gov.bd/}}
| footnotes =
| blank_name_sec1 = Notable sport teams
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Chattogram Challengers]], [[Chittagong Division cricket team|Chittagong Division]], [[Abahani Limited (Chittagong)|Chittagong Abahani]]
}}

'''Chittagong Division''', officially known as '''Chattogram Division''', is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of [[Bangladesh]]. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of {{convert|34,529.97|km2|abbr=on}} and a population at the 2022 census of 33,202,326. The administrative division includes mainland [[Chittagong District]], neighbouring districts and the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]].

Chittagong Division is home to [[Cox's Bazar]], the longest natural sea beach in the world;<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19340259|title = Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar: A paradise being lost?|last = Ethirajan|first = Anbarasan|date = 26 December 2012|work = [[BBC World]]|access-date = 29 January 2015|archive-date = 14 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180614004354/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19340259|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=2003 |title=The Europa World Year Book 2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA679 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |pages=679 |isbn=978-1-85743-227-5}}</ref> as well as [[St. Martin's Island]], Bangladesh's sole [[coral reef]].

==History==
The Chittagong Division was established in 1829 to serve as the administrative headquarters of the three eastern districts of Bengal's and the two districts of Chittagong's, with the Chittagong District serving as its headquarters.<ref name=webster>{{cite book|last1= Webster|first1=John Edward|title=Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers|volume=4. Noakhali|year=1911|publisher=The Pioneer Press|location=[[Allahabad]]|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/noakhali00webs/page/26/mode/2up|page=26|chapter=History: Divisional Commissioners}}</ref> During the [[East Pakistan]] period, the division's Tippera district was renamed to Comilla District in 1960.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

In 1984, fifteen districts were created by separating and reducing the original five districts of Chittagong, Comilla, [[Hill Tracts]], Noakhali and Sylhet:{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
*The [[Chittagong District]] was divided into two districts; Chittagong and [[Cox's Bazar District]]
*The [[Comilla District]] was split into three districts; Comilla, [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] and [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]]
*The [[Hill Tracts|Hill Tracts District]] was split into three districts; [[Bandarban Hill District|Bandarban]], [[Khagrachhari Hill District|Khagrachhari]] and [[Rangamati Hill District|Rangamati]]
*The [[Noakhali District]] was divided into three districts; Noakhali, [[Lakshmipur District|Lakshmipur]] and [[Feni District|Feni]]
*The [[Sylhet District]] was split into four districts; Sylhet, [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]] and [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]].

Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sunamganj district ceded from the Chittagong Division to join a newly-established [[Sylhet Division]] in 1995.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

==Administration==
Chittagong Division is presently subdivided into eleven districts (zilas) and thence into 100 sub-districts ([[Upazilas of Bangladesh|upazilas]]).<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Ahmed Anam|article=Chittagong Division}}</ref> The first six districts listed below comprise the north-western portion (37.6%) of the division, while the remaining five comprise the south-eastern portion (62.4%), the two portions being separated by the lower (or Bangladeshi) stretch of the [[Feni River]]; the upland districts of [[Khagrachhari Hill District|Khagrachhari]], [[Rangamati Hill District|Rangamati]] and [[Bandarban Hill District|Bandarban]] together comprise that area previously known as the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-bottom: 0;"
|+ style="text-align: center;" | Districts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/B_Baria.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Brahmanbaria |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185019/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/B_Baria.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Comilla.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Comilla |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425041117/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Comilla.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Chandpur |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184958/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Laxmipur.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Lakshmipur |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184948/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Laxmipur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Noakhali.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Noakhali |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026103943/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/webtestapplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Noakhali.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Feni.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Feni |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184930/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Feni.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Khagrachori.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Khagrachhari |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184825/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Khagrachori.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Rangamati.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Rangamati |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184835/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Rangamati.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Bandarban.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Bandarban |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184808/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Bandarban.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Chittagong |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184712/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Cox%60s%20Bazar.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Cox's Bazar |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184738/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Cox%60s%20Bazar.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
! Name !! Headquarters !! Area (km2) !! Population 1991 Census !! Population 2001 Census !! Population 2011 Census !! Population 2022 Census<ref name="2022census-prelim" />
|-
| [[Brahmanbaria District]] || [[Brahmanbaria]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1881.20}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2141745}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2398254}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2840498}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 3306559}}
|-
| [[Comilla District]] || [[Comilla]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 3146.30}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 4032666}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 4595539}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 5387288}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 6212216}}
|-
| [[Chandpur District]] || [[Chandpur Sadar Upazila|Chandpur]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1645.32}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2032449}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2271229}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2416018}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2635748}}
|-
| [[Lakshmipur District]] || [[Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila|Lakshmipur]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1440.39}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1312337}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1489901}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1729188}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1938111}}
|-
| [[Noakhali District]] || [[Maijdee]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 3685.87}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2217134}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2577244}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 3108083}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 3625252}}
|-
| [[Feni District]] || [[Feni, Bangladesh|Feni]] ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 990.36}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1096745}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1240384}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1437371}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 1648896}}
|-
| [[Khagrachhari District]]|| [[Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila|Khagrachhari]]|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 2749.16}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 342488}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 525664}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 613917}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 714119}}
|-
| [[Rangamati District]]|| [[Rangamati Sadar Upazila|Rangamati]]|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 6116.11}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 401388}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 508182}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 595979}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 647587}}
|-
| [[Bandarban District]]|| [[Bandarban Sadar Upazila|Bandarban]]|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 4479.01}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 230569}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 298120}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 388335}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 481109}}
|-
| [[Chittagong District]]|| [[Chittagong]]|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 5282.92}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 5296127}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 6612140}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 7616352}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 9169464}}
|-
| [[Cox's Bazar District]]|| [[Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila|Cox's Bazar]]|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 2491.85}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 1419260}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 1773709}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 2289990}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 2823265}}
|-
| ''Total Districts''|| {{formatnum: 11}}|| align="right" | 34,529.97 || align="right" | {{formatnum: 20552908}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 24290384}}|| align="right" | {{formatnum: 28423019}} ||align="right"| {{formatnum: 33202326}}
|}

== Demographics ==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Chittagong Division<ref name="2022census-prelim" />
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|90.11}}
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|6.61}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhists]]|yellow|2.92}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|darkblue|0.22}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|0.14}}
}}
According to the [[2022 Census of Bangladesh]], Chittagong Division had 7,528,333 households and a population of 33,202,326, 33.7% of whom lived in urban areas. The population density was 979 people per km2. 90.11% were [[Muslims]], 6.61% [[Hindus]], 2.92% [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], 0.22% [[Christians]] and 0.14% others.<ref name="2022census-prelim">{{Cite book |title=Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vhn2t_PbEzo5-NDGBeoFJq4XCoSzOVKg/view |date=August 2022 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |pages=6, 9, 12, 16, 21, 27 |isbn=978-984-35-2977-0 |access-date=2023-06-08 |archive-date=2023-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114054043/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vhn2t_PbEzo5-NDGBeoFJq4XCoSzOVKg/view |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== See also ==
*[[Divisions of Bangladesh]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage}}

* [http://www.chittagongdiv.gov.bd/ Government of Chittagong Division website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Chittagong Division
|North =
|Northeast = [[Sylhet Division]] [[Tripura]], [[India]]
|East = [[Mizoram]], [[India]]
|Southeast = [[Chin State]], [[Myanmar]] [[Rakhine State]], [[Myanmar]]
|South =
|Southwest = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|West = [[Barisal Division]]
|Northwest = [[Dhaka Division]]
}}
{{Divisions of Bangladesh}}
{{Divisions and districts of Bangladesh}}
{{Authority control}}

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Ajay Kumar at 20:29, 30 August 2023