Sandwip Upazila

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Sandwip
সন্দ্বীপ
Upazila
Sandwip is located in Bangladesh
Sandwip
Sandwip
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°29′N 91°26.5′E / 22.483°N 91.4417°E / 22.483; 91.4417Coordinates: 22°29′N 91°26.5′E / 22.483°N 91.4417°E / 22.483; 91.4417
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChittagong District
CapitalSandwip Municipality
Upazila1984
Government
 • MP (Chittagong-3)Mahfuzur Rahaman Mita
 • Upazila ChairmanMohammad Shajahan
Area
 • Total762.42 km2 (294.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total278,605
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitehttp://sandwip.chittagong.gov.bd/

Sandwip (Bengali: সন্দ্বীপ) is an upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char.[1][2]

History[]

Main article: Sandwip § History
Sandwip in the map of delta of Ganges by surveyor James Rennell created in 1778
The Guftasara Bridge, Sandwip.
Sandwip Ferry Ghat
The beaches of Sandwip

Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district level) in 1984. The construction works of a Bangladesh Navy fleet headquarters at the Sandwip Channel with ship berthing facilities is also going on as part of the Forces Goal 2030.[3] In 2010, the Government of Bangladesh announced a plan to build a dam in Urir Char to reclaim land as it had suffered greatly from Tropical Storm One and the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone among other natural disasters.[4]

Geography[]

Sunset in Sandwip
Small ship building yard at the coastal area.

Sandwip is located at

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22°29′00″N 91°26′30″E / 22.4833°N 91.4417°E / 22.4833; 91.4417. It has a total area of 762.42 km2.[1]

Demographics[]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sandwip had a population of 272,179. Males constituted 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. The population aged 18 or over was 122,499. Sandwip had an average literacy rate of 35% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[5]

Sandwip has 45, 389 households.[6]

Administration[]

Sandwip Upazila is divided into the Sandwip Municipality and 15 union parishads: Amanullah, Azimpur, Bauria, Digghapar, Gachhua, Haramia, Harispur, Kalapania, Magdhara, Maitbhanga, Musapur, Rahmatpur, Santoshpur, Sarikait, and Urirchar. The union parishads are subdivided into 39 mouzas and 34 villages.[7]

Sandwip Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 10 mahallas.[7]

List of chairmen and rulers[]

List of chairmen
Name Notes
Muhammad Rafiqullah Chowdhury
Mustafa Kamal Pasha
Mohammad Shajahan Present

Education[]

There are 28 secondary schools in Sandwip Upazila. Some these include:

In total, the Upazila has 149 state primary schools, one junior high school, 4 colleges, 1 girls college, 19 kindergartens and 3 girls high schools. There are 9 dakhil madrasas, 3 alim madrasas, 3 fazil madrasas and four Kamil madrasas. Notable madrasas include the Bashiria Ahmadia Alhaj Abu Bakar Sidiqque Fazil Madrasa, founded in 1902, and the Kashgar Islamia Fazil Madrasa which was founded in 1929. The upazila has a literacy rate of 51.5%.

Facilities[]

The upazila is home to 10 orphanages, including one governmental orphanage. It also has 295 mosques which serve the majority Sunni Muslim population that inhabit the sub-district. Some notable mosques include the Shahabanu Mosque, Faqir Shah mosque, the Sandwip Town Jame Mosque, Sandwip Town Bazar Mosque and the Abdul Ghani Chowdhury Mosque. There are 32 haat bazaars and two canals. 26 post offices and 10 banks can also be found here.

Notable people[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Chowdhury, Towhid Hossain (2012). "Sandwip Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "District in Focus: Chittagong".
  3. ^ "One day BD Navy to become builder from buyer, hopes PM". UNB. 24 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Project to recover land of Urir Char". banglanews24.com. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2017-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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