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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).
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.
In general, maximum summer temperatures range between 38 and 41 °C (100.4 and 105.8 °F). April is the hottest month in most parts of the country. January is the coolest month, when the average temperature for most of the country is 16–20 °C (61–68 °F) during the day and around 10 °C (50 °F) at night.
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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
ISO 3166-2:BD; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Histoire du Bangladesh; Chittagong (division) Géographie du Bangladesh; Dhaka (division) Barisal (division) Rajshahi (division) Sylhet (division) Khulna (division) Divisions du Bangladesh; Districts du Bangladesh; Modèle:Palette Divisions du Bangladesh; Rangpur (division) Barguna (district) Barisal ...
This map uses embedded text that can be easily translated using a text editor. While creating this map I have drawn inspiration and reference from works of Rarelibra ( here ) and Usingha ( here ) and several online maps: LGED , GoB archive copy at the Wayback Machine , Banglapedia .