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Coordinates: 22.8333° N 91.1000° E

Noakhali District
Noakhali
Division_name	Chittagong Division
Coordinates	22.8333° N 91.1000° E
Area	3,600.99 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)  - Density  - Literacy rate	2533394  - 703.53/km²  - 37.11%
Website: Banglapedia Article
Maplink: Official Map of Noakhali District

Noakhali (Bengali: নোয়াখালী জিলা) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Subdivisions 3 History 4 Economy 5 Noakhali (Town) 6 Notables 7 Places of interest 8 Prominent educational institutions 9 Related links

Noakhali District (part of Chittagong division) with an area of 3600.99 km², is bounded by Comilla district on the north, the Meghna estuary and the Bay of Bengal on the south, Feni and Chittagong districts on the east, Lakshmipur and Bhola districts on the west. Annual average temperature: maximum 34.3 °C, minimum 14.4 °C; annual rainfall 3302 mm. Main rivers are Bamni and meghna.

Noakhali district, whose earlier name was Bhulua, was established in 1821. It consists of Nine upazilas, 5 municipalities, 45 wards, 90 mahallas, 83 union parishads, 909 mouzas and 978 villages. The upazilas are Noakhali sadar, Subarna Char, Kabirhat, Begumganj, Chatkhil, Companiganj, Hatiya, Sonaimuri, and Senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).

The ancient name of Noakhali was Bhulua. Once the agricultural activities of the north-eastern region of Bhulua were seriously affected by floodwater of the Dakatia River flowing from the Tripura hills. To save the situation a canal was excavated in 1660 running from the Dakatia through Ramganj, Sonaimudi and Chaumuhani to divert water flow to the junction of the rivers Meghna and Feni. After excavating this long canal, Bhulua was renamed "Noakhali" after "Noa" (new) and "khal" (canal) in 1668. Noakhali district was created in 1821. It originally consisted of two sub-divisions, Noakhali Sadar and Feni. In 1984, Noakhali was split into three districts, Noakhali, Feni and Lakshmipur.

The people of Noakhali actively took part in Jehad Movement in 1830 and Khilafat Movement in 1920. Mahatma Gandhi visited Noakhali (Begumganj upazila) in 1946 to ease communal riots of the Noakhali Massacre.

Noakhali district was seriously affected many times by natural disasters like high tidal bore, tornado, flood, cyclone etc since 1790. In 1970, devastating tornado and tidal bore took lives of about 10 lakh people of the district. During the War of Liberation many direct and guerilla encounters were held between the Pakistan army and the freedom fighters. About 70 freedom fighters were killed in a direct encounter with the Pakistan army on 15 June 1971 in front of Sonapur Ahmadia School. Noakhali was liberated on 7 December 1971.

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please see the link http://www.iczmpbangladesh.org/district_info/noakh_b_fac.htm

• Maijdi consists of 9 wards and 36 mahallas. It has an area of 12.61 km². The town has a population of 74585 (male 51.50%, female 48.50%) population density per km² 5915. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.7%. The ancient name of Noakhali Sadar was Sudharam. In 1948 when the upazila headquarters were extinct by the erosion of the Meghna River, it was shifted 8 km to the north to its present place at Maijdi.

• Chumohini is another busy town of noakhali which is very popular for printing and book business.
• Bashurhat is rapidly growing town. most of its inhabitants is foreign worker in US & middle east .
• Sonapur is one of the handful towns in Bangladesh with a significant presence of the Catholics.
• Chaprashir Hat is an important centre for coastal trade in southern Noakhali. This small town, situated presently in Kabirhat Upazila, is famous for coastal products.

• Raja Laksmanmanikya King of the kingdom of Bhulua

• Abdul Hakim 17th century poet

• Comrade Muzaffar Ahmad One of the founder of CPI(M)

• Martyr (Shaheed) Md. Ruhul Amin, BS
• Abdul Malek Ukil

• Meher Nigar Suborna Poet

• Shahidullah Kaiser Author
• Jahir Rayhan Author, Director

• Munir Chowdhury Playwright
• F R Khan Architect of Sears Tower

• Motahar Hossain Chowdhury
• Azim Film Actor
• A.F.M.Nurul Matin Banker

• Nijhum Dip- Nijhum Dip is in the South-East Side of Noakhali.
• Shahid Vulu Stedium- Internation Cricket Venue.
• Bajra Shahi Mosque- Bajra.
• Queen Lurther's Church- Sonapur.
• Gandhi Ashram - Joyag, Sonaimuri.
• Mangrove Forest - Mangrove Forest, Char Jabbar.

• Ahamadia High School, Sonapur
• Brother Andre's School, Sonapur
• Noakhali Zila School
• Noakhali Government College
• Noakhali Government Girls' College
• Sonapur Degree Collage
• Begumganj Pilot High School
• Noakhali Govorment Girl's High School
• Noakhali Science & Technology University
• Arun Chandra High School
• Poura Kalyan High School
• Chaprashir Hat High School
• Begum Hamida Girls High School

• Noakhali Community of Social & Development Organizations
• Noakhali Web | Greater Noakhali Based 1st Online Newspaper & Community Portal
• Noakhali Web Online Group
• Noakhali Science & Technology University
• Noakhali Online Group
• Participatory Research & Action Network - PRAN
• Noakhali Rural Development Society - NRDS

v • d • e Divisions and districts of Bangladesh
Barisāl Division	Barguna · Barisal · Bhola · Jhalokati · Patuakhali · Pirojpur
Chittagong Division	Bandarban · Brahmanbaria · Chandpur · Chittagong · Comilla · Cox's Bazar · Feni · Khagrachari · Lakshmipur · Noakhali · Rangamati
Dhaka Division	Dhaka · Faridpur · Gazipur · Gopalganj · Jamalpur · Kishoreganj · Madaripur · Manikganj · Munshiganj · Mymensingh · Narayanganj · Narsingdi · Netrakona · Rajbari · Shariatpur · Sherpur · Tangail
Khulna Division	Bagerhat · Chuadanga · Jessore · Jhenaidah · Khulna · Kushtia · Magura · Meherpur · Narail · Satkhira
Rajshahi Division	Bogra · Dinajpur · Gaibandha · Jaipurhat · Kurigram · Lalmonirhat · Naogaon · Natore · Nawabganj · Nilphamari · Pabna · Panchagarh · Rajshahi · Rangpur · Sirajganj · Thakurgaon
Sylhet Division	Habiganj · Maulvibazar · Sunamganj · Sylhet