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The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]
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 330 such municipal corporations in eight divisions of Bangladesh. A municipal corporation serving a town may be called a town council , and a municipal corporation serving a city is styled a city council ; these bodies are divided into wards, which are further divided into mauzas and mahallas .
'police station') serves as a fundamental administrative unit in Bangladesh, [1] functioning as a city district governed by a police station (analogous to a police district or a police precinct). In rural areas, the thana system, originating in the 18th century under British rule , served as a sub-district administration, overseen by a Thana ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. National identity card of Bangladesh National Identity Card (Bangladesh) Front of paper specimen card Reverse of paper specimen card Type Identity card Issued by National Identity Registration Wing (NIDW), Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh) First issued 22 July 2006 (2006-07-22 ...
The urban centers of Bangladesh have a combined area of about 10600 square kilometers, which is 7% of the total area of Bangladesh. As such, Bangladesh has a very high urban population density: 4028 persons per square kilometer (2011), whereas the rural density is significantly lower: 790 persons per square kilometer (2011). [1]
ISO 3166-2:BD is the entry for Bangladesh in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
In Bangladesh, a ward is an optional division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes. It is an elective unit of a City Corporation or Municipal Corporation , created for the purpose of providing more direct representation, from which a single council member is elected.