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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).
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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.
Currently for Bangladesh, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions: 8 divisions; 64 districts; Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bangladesh. The second part is either of the following: one letter (A–H): divisions; two digits (01–64): districts
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{{Information |Description= Bangladesh blank locator map with district borders |Source=self-made |Date= 2007-07-26 |Author= Armanaziz}} File usage The following 5 pages use this file:
English: Location map of Dhaka division. District boundaries modified from Bangladesh department of statistics. District boundaries modified from Bangladesh department of statistics. Boundaries: 89.24 E, 91.31 E, 22.75 N, 24.86 N