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In 1959, under Ayub Khan's rule, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) underwent a division into four-tiered electoral units in the rural areas. From bottom to top, these units comprised the Union Council, Thana Council, District Council, and Divisional Council. A Thana Council comprised both elected representatives and official members.
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.
Tangail District is split from Mymensingh district. [11] Patuakhali district is split from Barisal district. [20] 1971. Dhaka Division: Dhaka district, Faridpur district, Mymensingh district, Tangail district; Chittagong Division: Hill Tracts district, Chittagong district, Comilla district, Noakhali district, Sylhet district.
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).
'sub-district' pronounced: ['upɘdʒeːlaː]), formerly called thana, is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into union council areas (union parishads).
This is a list of 300 parliamentary constituencies currently represented in the Jatiya Sangsad, the unicameral national legislature of Bangladesh. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament. The Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh consists of 350 seats, of which 50 seats are reserved for women, who are elected by the 300 ...
This article presents a list of cities and towns in Bangladesh. ... District Division Photos 1 Dhaka: 306 10,295,786 Dhaka: Dhaka: 2 Chittagong: 155 3,230,507
Union councils of Khulna District (Bengali: খুলনা জেলার ইউনিয়ন পরিষদসমূহ) are the smallest rural administrative and local government units in Khulna District of Bangladesh. [1] There are 9 upazilas in Khulna district with 67 Union councils. The list are below: