Chittagong Division

Chittagong Division was the former English name of Chattogram Division, an administrative region in southeastern Bangladesh bordering Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal.

Chattogram Division: An administrative division of southeastern Bangladesh, renamed from Chittagong Division in 2018. This is the division’s current official English name.
Districts of Chattogram Division: The districts administered within Bangladesh’s Chattogram Division. These constituent districts define the division’s internal administrative geography.
Chittagong: The former English name of the Bangladeshi city now officially called Chattogram. The division’s former name came from the English name of its principal city.
Chakma people: An Indigenous ethnic group concentrated in the Chattogram Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Chakma communities are among the region’s prominent Indigenous populations.
Bangladesh: A South Asian country on the Bay of Bengal, bordered mostly by India and partly by Myanmar. Chittagong Division is one of Bangladesh’s eight administrative divisions.
Chattogram: A major port city in southeastern Bangladesh, formerly known in English as Chittagong. The division’s capital and largest city is Chattogram.
2018 renaming of Chittagong and other Bangladeshi place names: Bangladesh’s 2018 adoption of Bengali-based English spellings for several place names. The change made Chattogram the division’s official English name as well.
Marma people: An Indigenous ethnic group living mainly in the Chattogram Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Marma communities contribute to the division’s cultural diversity.
Chattogram District: A district in southeastern Bangladesh that includes the port city of Chattogram. The division takes its current name from this district’s principal city.
Port of Chattogram: Bangladesh’s principal seaport, located on the Karnaphuli River near the Bay of Bengal. Its trade connects the division to Bangladesh’s economy and international shipping.

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Dhaka DivisionCompared with: It contrasts the capital-centered region with Bangladesh’s southeastern coastal and port zone.