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- For the village in Barisal, see Noakhali, Barisal Division.
| Noakhali District | |
  Noakhali
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| Division name | Chittagong Division |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 3,600.99 km² |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Population (1991[update]) - Density - Literacy rate |
2533394 - 703.53/km² - 37.11% |
| Website: Banglapedia Article | |
| Maplink: Official Map of Noakhali District | |
Noakhali (Bengali: নোয়াখালী জিলা) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh.
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Geography
Noakhali District is located in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It has a land area of 3600.99 km², and is bounded by the Comilla district in the north, the Meghna estuary and the Bay of Bengal in the south, Feni and Chittagong districts in the east, Lakshmipur and the Bhola districts in the west.
The district's annual average temperature ranges from a maximum of 34.3 °C to a minimum of 14.4 °C; it's annual rainfall is 3302 mm. Its main rivers are the Bamni and Meghna.
Subdivisions
Noakhali district, whose earlier name was Bhulua, was established in 1821. It consists of 9 upazilas, 5 municipalities, 45 wards, 90 mahallas, 83 union parishads, 909 mouzas and 978 villages. The upazilas are Noakhali Sadar, Subarna Char, Kabirhat, Begumganj, Chatkhil, Companiganj, Hatiya, Sonaimuri, and Senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).mazharul from gazipur
Towns
Towns in Noakhali include the following.
- Maizdee
- Maizdee consists of 9 wards and 36 mahallas, and has a land area of 12.61 km². The town has a population of 74585 (male 51.50%, female 48.50%) with a population density of 5915 km²; its literacy rate is 60.7%. The ancient name of Noakhali Sadar was Sudharam.
- In 1948, when the upazila headquarters were destroyed by the erosion of the Meghna River, it was shifted 8 km to the north to its present place at Maijdi.
- Chumohani
- Chumohani is another busy town of, which is very popular for the printing and book businesses.
- Bashurhat
- Bashurhat is a rapidly growing town; most of its inhabitants are foreign workers from the United States and the Middle East.
- Sonapur
- Sonapur is one of the handful of towns in Bangladesh with a significant population of Catholics.
- Chaprashir Hat
- This small town, situated presently in Kabirhat Upazila, southern Noakhali, is famous for coastal products and is an important centre for coastal trade.
- Rongmala
- Sworahazi
- Mianagor
History
The ancient name of Noakhali is Bhulua. In the 1660s, the agricultural activities of the north-eastern region of Bhulua were seriously affected by floodwater of the Dakatia River flowing from the Tripura hills. To salvage the situation, a canal was dug in 1660 that ran from the Dakatia through Ramganj, Sonaimudi and Chaumuhani to divert water flow to the junction of the rivers Meghna and Feni. After excavating this long canal, Bhulua was renamed "Noakhali" after "Noa" (new) and "khal" (canal) in 1668. The Noakhali district was created in 1821. It originally consisted of two sub-divisions, Noakhali Sadar and Feni. In 1984, Noakhali was split into three districts, Noakhali, Feni and Lakshmipur.
The people of Noakhali actively took part in the Khilafat Movement in 1920.
Since 1790, Noakhali district was seriously affected many times by natural disasters including high tidal bores, tornadoes, flooding, and cyclones. In 1970, a devastating tornado and tidal bore took the lives of about 10 lakh people of the district. During the War of Liberation many direct and guerilla encounters were held between the Pakistan army and the independence fighters. About 70 independence fighters were killed in a direct encounter with the Pakistan army on 15 June 1971, in front of the Sonapur Ahmadia School. Noakhali was liberated on 7 December 1971.
Notable locals
Freedom fighters:
- Ali Ahmmed.
- Mohammad Ruhul Amin Bir Shreshtho (FF)
- Serajul Alam Khan (Chief of BLF and the Architact of Independent Bangladesh )
- A S M Abdur Rob (BLF)
- Mostafizur Rahman (BLF)
- Mahmumudur Rahman Belayet (BLF)
- Khaled Mohammed Ali (BLF)
- Momin Ullah B.Sc(BLF)
- Shahid Shah Alam Bir Uttam
- Biplobi Sailesh Roy (an associate of Masterda Surya Sen)
Other notable people:
- Raja Laksmanmanikya King of the kingdom of Bhulua
- Abdul Hakim 17th century poet
- Muzaffar Ahmad Secretary General of All India Comunist Party and later One of the founder of CPI(M)
- Abdul Malek Ukil
- Shahidullah Kaiser Author
- Jahir Rayhan Author, Director
- Munier Chowdhury Playwright
- Motahar Hossain Chowdhury
- Azim Film Actor
- Lt. General Moin U Ahmed Present Army Chief of Bangladesh
Places of interest
- Nijhum Dip - Nijhum Dip is in the South-East Side of Noakhali.
- Shahid Vulu Stedium - International Cricket Venue.
- Bajra Shahi Mosque - Bajra.
- Queen Lurther's Church - Sonapur.
- Gandhi Ashram - Joyag, Sonaimuri.
- Mangrove Forest - Mangrove Forest, Char Jabbar.
Prominent educational institutions
- Medical Assistant Training Institute, Maijdee, Noakhali
- Ahamadia High School, Sonapur
- Brother Andre's School, Sonapur
- Noakhali Zila School
- Noakhali Government College
- Noakhali Government Girls' College
- Sonapur Degree College
- Begumganj Pilot High School
- Begumgonj Govt. Technical High school
- Chaumuhani Govt S.A. College
- Noakhali Government Girl's High School
- Noakhali Science & Technology University
- Arun Chandra High School
- Chaprashir Hat High School
- Begum Hamida Girls High School
- Chaumuhani M M High School
- Gonipur govt girls high school
- Basurhar Govt AHC high school,Companigonj.
- Govt.Mujib College,Companigonj
- Mosaref Grammer English medium School, Maijdee
- Kabir Hat Govt. College, Kabir hat
- Ashadia High Girls School, Ashadia, Sadar
- Agriculture Training Institute (ATI), Begumjong
- Noakhali Islamia Alia Madrasa, Sonapur
- Begumjong Textile Institute
- [[Noakhali Medical College]
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University
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