Sonagazi Upazila
| Sonagazi সোনাগাজি |
|
|---|---|
| — Upazila — | |
 Sonagazi
|
|
| Coordinates: 22°51′N 91°23.5′E / 22.85°N 91.3917°ECoordinates: 22°51′N 91°23.5′E / 22.85°N 91.3917°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| District | Feni District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 235.07 km2 (90.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 215,122 |
| • Density | 915/km2 (2,369.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Website | Official Map of Sonagazi |
Sonagazi (Bengali: সোনাগাজি) is an Upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
Sonagazi is located at 22°51′00″N 91°23′30″E / 22.8500°N 91.3917°E . It has 37184 units of house hold and total area 235.07 km².
It is situated in the southern part of the district, the only Upazila to have a coastline with the Bay of Bengal. Sonagazi is noted for its natural beauty, a sluice gate, known as "Muhuri Project", built in the late 1970s to control water flow of the Feni river is a popular tourist destination as well.
Noted literary figure Shahidullah Kaisar and film maker Zahir Raihan and Dr. Abul Kashem (Gold medalist by all India Homeopathic Society) hailed from Sonagazi.
[edit] Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sonagazi has a population of 215122. Males constitute are 49.8% of the population, and females 50.2%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99050. Sonagazi has an average literacy rate of 32.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]
[edit] Administrative
Sonagazi has 9 Unions/Wards, 95 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 93 villages.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This Chittagong Division location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
