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Bangladesh
is dividit intae seiven major admeenistrative regions cried
diveesions
(
Bengali
: ????? Bibhag
). Ilka diveesion is namit efter the major ceety athin its jurisdiction that serves as the admeenistrative caipital o that diveesion:
Ilka diveesion is further split intae
destricts
(
Bengali
: ???? zila
) which are then further sub-dividit intae
Upazilas
.
The follaein table ootlines some key statistics aboot the seiven diveesions o Bangladesh as foond in the 2011 Population an Hoosin Census conductit bi the Bangladesh Bureau o Statistics.
Diveesion
|
Bangla
|
Population
[1]
|
Aurie (km
2
)
[1]
|
Population densitie
2011 (fowk/km
2
)
[1]
|
Sex ratio (males
per 100 females)
[1]
|
1991
|
2001
|
2011 (provisional)
|
Barisal Diveesion
|
??????
|
7,462,643
|
8,173,718
|
8,147,000
|
13,297
|
613
|
96.8
|
Chittagong Diveesion
|
?????????
|
20,522,908
|
24,290,384
|
28,079,000
|
33,771
|
831
|
96.1
|
Dhaka Diveesion
|
????
|
32,665,975
|
39,044,716
|
46,729,000
|
31,120
|
1,502
|
103.9
|
Khulna Diveesion
|
?????
|
12,688,383
|
14,705,223
|
15,563,000
|
22,272
|
699
|
100
|
Rajshahi Diveesion
|
???????
|
14,212,065
|
16,354,723
|
18,329,000
|
18,197
|
1,007
|
100.4
|
Rangpur Diveesion
|
?????
|
11,997,979
|
13,847,150
|
15,665,000
|
16,317
|
960
|
99.8
|
Sylhet Diveesion
|
?????
|
6,765,039
|
7,939,343
|
9,807,000
|
12,596
|
779
|
99.1
|
Totals
|
|
106,314,992
|
124,355,263
|
142,319,000
|
147,570
|
964
|
|
Follaein the
Unthirldom
o Bangladesh in 1971, the kintra haed fower diveesions:
In 1983, the Inglis spellin o the Dacca Diveesion (alang wi the name o the caipital ceety) wis chyngit intae
Dhaka
tae mair closely match the
Bengali
pronunciation.
In 1993,
Barisal Diveesion
wis
split
aff frae Khulna Diveesion; in 1998,
Sylhet Diveesion
wis split aff frae Chittagong Diveesion; an in 2010 (25 Januar),
Rangpur Diveesion
wis split aff frae Rajshahi Diveesion, this latest creation consistin o the
Rangpur
an
Dinajpur
auries. In terms o aurie the newly-formit
Rangpur Diveesion
rankit fift follaeed bi
Barisal
an
Sylhet
diveesion.
- ↑
a
b
c
d
"2011 Population & Housing Census: Preliminary Results"
(PDF)
. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived frae
the original
(PDF)
on 25 December 2018
. Retrieved
12 Januar
2012
.