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Tangail District is split from Mymensingh district. [11] Patuakhali district is split from Barisal district. [20] 1971. Dhaka Division: Dhaka district, Faridpur district, Mymensingh district, Tangail district; Chittagong Division: Hill Tracts district, Chittagong district, Comilla district, Noakhali district, Sylhet district.
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.
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).
There are 8 divisions and 64 districts in Bangladesh, each district further subdivided into upazila (lit. subdistricts). The area within each subdistrict, except for those in metropolitan areas, is divided into several unions, with each union consisting of multiple villages.
Chittagong Division (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ) officially 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 34,529.97 km 2 (13,332.10 sq mi) and a population at the 2022 census of 33,202,326.
Dinajpur District, Bangladesh (6 C, 17 P) Districts of Bangladesh by division (9 C) Districts of Bangladesh established before 1971 (19 P) F. Faridpur District (6 C ...
Khulna Division (Bengali: খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km 2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns).
The Bangladesh Election Commission is made responsible to "delimit the constituencies for the purpose of elections to Parliament" by the Constitution of Bangladesh (chapter VII, article 119). It also says, "There shall be one electoral roll for each constituency for the purposes of elections to Parliament, and no special electoral roll shall be ...