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A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Hood. The word ''cantonment'', derived from the
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word ''
canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...
'', meaning ''corner'' or ''district'', refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, while the Duke of Wellington's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were ''cantoned'', or stationed, to the south of Brussels.


List of permanent cantonments


Afghanistan

The former Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was the site of the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery.


Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel aside from soldiers. These individuals include officers, teachers, military doctors, military nurses, junior commanding officers, and non–commissioned Officers. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments: * Alikadam Cantonment,
Bandarban Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...
* Bandarban Cantonment,
Bandarban Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...
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Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the officers training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres ...
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Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
* Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong * Comilla Cantonment, Comilla * Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka * Dighinala Cantonment, Khagrachari * Halishahar Cantonment, Chittagong * Jahanabad Cantonment,
Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...
* Jahangirabad Cantonment, Bogra *
Jalalabad Cantonment Jalalabad Cantonment ( bn, জালালাবাদ সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Jalalabad Cantonment is the home of the Bangladesh Army's 17th Infantry Division, the School of Infantry & Tactics ...
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Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
* Jamuna Cantonment, Tangail * Jessore Cantonment, Jessore *
Kaptai Cantonment Kaptai Cantonment is a cantonment located at Kaptai in Rangamati District. A navy base and the headquarters of 65th infantry brigade, which was under 24th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army, are located in Kaptai. In 2015, the brigade was trans ...
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Khagrachari Cantonment Khagrachhari Cantonment ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি সেনানিবাস, Khagrachhori Senanibas) is a cantonment located in Khagrachhari, Bangladesh. 203rd Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here. It is under the jurisdic ...
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Kholahati Cantonment Bir Uttam Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment (also known as Kholahati Cantonment) is a Bangladeshi military cantonment in Parbatipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country i ...
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Dinajpur Dinajpur ( bn, দিনাজপুর ) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bounde ...
* Majhira Cantonment, Bogra *
Mawa Cantonment Mawa may refer to: * Mentoring Artists for Women's Art. This organization encourages and supports the intellectual and creative development of women in the visual arts. * Mawa, Bangladesh * Mawa clawed frog, a species of frog endemic to Cameroon * ...
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Louhajong Lohajang ( bn, লৌহজং eaning ''rusting of iron'' is an upazila of Munshiganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Lohajang is located at on the south bank of Padma River. It has a total area of 130.12 km2. Demo ...
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Munshigonj Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...
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Mirpur Cantonment Mirpur Cantonment is a Bangladesh military cantonment located in Mirpur Thana, Dhaka. Mirpur DOHS is located beside the cantonment. Institutions * National Defence College *Defence Services Command and Staff College * Inter Service Selection Boar ...
, Dhaka *
Mymensingh Cantonment Mymensingh Cantonment (Officially known as Momenshahi Cantonment) was the headquarters of the 19th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army. Presently it has the headquarters of ARTDOC which consists of its Battle Group and all the training instit ...
, Mymensingh *
Padma Cantonment Sheikh Russel Cantonment is a Bangladeshi military cantonment near Padma Bridge in Munshiganj and Shariatpur Districts, Bangladesh. The cantonment has been named after Sheikh Russel, younger brother of Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed ...
, Shariatpur * Postogola Cantonment, Dhaka *
Qadirabad Cantonment Quadirabad Cantonment is a cantonment located in Natore, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, wit ...
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Rajendrapur Cantonment Rajendrapur Cantonment is a cantonment located in Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. History The illicit weapons in the Purulia arms drop case had stated Rajendrapur in their end user certificate. Institutions *Combined Military H ...
, Gazipur * Rajshahi Cantonment, Rajshahi *
Ramu Cantonment Ramu Cantonment ( bn, রামু সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Ramu Upazila, Ramu of Cox's Bazar District, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh), 10th Infantry Division ...
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Rangamati Cantonment Rangamati Cantonment ( bn, রাঙ্গামাটি সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangamati. 305th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here under 24th infantry division.. It is one of five cantonment in Chi ...
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Rangpur Cantonment Rangpur Cantonment ( bn, রংপুর সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 66th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. History The mass of the city of Rangpur were protesting ag ...
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Saidpur Cantonment Saidpur Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country ...
, Nilphamari * Savar Cantonment, Dhaka *
Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment is a cantonment located in Ghatail Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. Ghatail Area Commander is Major General Sayed Tareq Hussain Syed Tareq Hussain awc, psc is a Major General of Bangladesh Army and incumbent Comm ...
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Ghatail Ghatail ( bn, ঘাটাইল) is a town of Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated north of Tangail city and northwest of Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the cap ...
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Sheikh Hasina Cantonment Sheikh Hasina Cantonment is the headquarter of 7th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Lebukhali, Patuakhali. The area of the cantonment is 1532 acres. The project will be completed by the Ministry of Defence by June 2021. Hi ...
, Lebukhali, Barisal- Patuakhali


Bhutan

The Indian Army maintains a training mission in Bhutan, known as the
Indian Military Training Team The Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT), established since 1961–62, is a training mission of the Indian Army in Bhutan. IMTRAT is responsible for the training of the personnel of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) and the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan ( ...
(IMTRAT) which is responsible for the military training of the
Royal Bhutan Army The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; dz, བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereign ...
(RBA) and
Royal Bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, ...
(RBG) personnel. All RBA and RBG officers are sent for training at the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. Moreover, Project Dantak, a division of the Indian Border Roads Organisation and subdivision of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers, was established in Bhutan on 24 April 1961, with its first commanding officer, Colonel TV Jaganathan. Project Dantak has since been responsible for the construction and maintenance of more than of roads and bridges, Paro Airport, a disused airfield at Yongphulla Airport, heliports, and other infrastructure. These serve India's strategic defence needs, but also provide economic benefits for the Bhutani citizens.


India

Several cities among the Indian subcontinent, such as
Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
, Ambala, Bellary,
Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...
, Bangalore, Danapur, Jabalpur,
Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...
, Bathinda, Delhi, Meerut, Pune,
Ramgarh Ramgarh may refer to: Bangladesh * Ramgarh Upazila, a sub-district of Khagrachari District India * Ramgarh, Bihar, a village near Munger, Bihar * Ramgarh, Kaimur, a town in Kaimur district, Bihar * Ramgarh, Uttarakhand, a hill station in Nainit ...
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Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...
, and Trichy, contained large cantonments of the former
British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in northern India, second only to the headquarters at Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). Meerut was established in 1803 and for 150 years was the largest cantonment in the region. Although cantonments in India were considered to be semi-permanent in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the turn of the 20th century they had transitioned to being permanent garrisons. They were further entrenched as such, via the military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the
Cantonments Act of 1924 A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essent ...
.Sheikh, M. O. Lahore Cantonment https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/momers_termpapers/ss153LahoreCantonment.htm&date=2009-10-26+02:56:58 There are sixty-two "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres: twenty-five in Central Command, nineteen in Southern Command, thirteen in Western Command, four in Eastern Command, and one in Northern Command. Major cantonments and garrisons include the following:


Notified Cantonments

# Agra Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Ahmedabad Cantonment, Gujarat, Southern Command # Ahmednagar Cantonment,
Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, Southern Command # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Ajmer Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command #
Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Almora Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, Western Command #
Amritsar Cantonment Amritsar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Amritsar District in the state of Punjab (India), Punjab, India. Demographics India census, Amritsar Cantonment had a population of 11,300. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 37%. Amri ...
, Punjab, Western Command #
Aurangabad Cantonment Aurangabad Cantonment (Chawni), is a cantonment town in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra, India. History The Aurangabad City was founded in 1610 by Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtuza Nizam Shah II, on the site of a villa ...
, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Ayodhya Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Babina Cantonment, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Badamibagh Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Command # Bakloh Cantonment, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #
Bareilly Cantonment Bareilly Cantonment is a cantonment town located in the Bareilly district of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The city of Bareilly, along with the entire Rohilkhand region, came under the suzerainty of the British East India ...
, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #
Barrackpore Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city and a municipality of urban Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA ...
, West Bengal, Eastern Command #
Belgaum Cantonment Belgaum Cantonment is a cantonment in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given po ...
, Karnataka, Southern Command #
Bellary Cantonment Bellary Cantonment, was a cantonment area in Madras Presidency in the British Raj. Bellary, today in Karnataka, came under British administration in 1800, and was the headquarters of the Bellary District Bellary, officially known as Ballari ...
, Karnataka, Southern Command # Cannanore Cantonment, Kerala, Southern Command # Chakrata Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Dalhousie Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Danapur Cantonment, Bihar, Central Command #
Dehradun Cantonment Dehradun Cantonment is a cantonment town in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 1913. Demographics India census, Dehradun Cantonment had a population of 30,102. Males constitute 52% of the population a ...
, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Yol Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Dehu Road Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Western Command # Deolali Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command #
Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th ...
, West Bengal, Eastern Command # Faizabad Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Faizabad New Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #
Ferozepur Cantonment Ferozepur Cantonment, also known as Firojpur Cantonment and Firojepur Cantonment, is a cantonment town in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. It is located adjacent to and south of the city of Firozpur. During the First Anglo-Sikh W ...
, Punjab, Western Command #
Gopalpur Cantonment Gopalpur (Hindi/Bengali/Oriya) or Gopalapuram (Telugu/Tamil/Malayalam) may refer to: Bangladesh * Gopalpur Upazila, a sub-district of Tangail District, Dhaka Division ** Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh, a town which is the seat of that sub-distric ...
, Odisha, Central Command # Jabalpur Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command # Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command # Jalapahar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command #
Jammu Cantonment Jammu Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jammu City in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the membe ...
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Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
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Jhansi Cantonment Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative head ...
, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Jutogh Cantonment, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command #
Kanpur Cantonment Kanpur Cantonment (popularly referred to as Kanpur Cantt) is a military cantonment in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Kanpur Cantonment was established in the year 1811 and is situated on the right bank of river Ganges and is bound by Kanpur ...
, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Khas Yol Cantonment, Kangara, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kirkee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Landour Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Lansdowne Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Lebong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command # Lucknow Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Mathura Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Meerut Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #
Mhow Cantonment Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old Mumbai-Agra Road. The town was renamed as ''Dr. Ambedkar Nagar'' in 20 ...
, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command # Morar Cantonment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command #
Nainital Cantonment Nainital Cantonment is a cantonment town in Nainital district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, close to the hill station of Nainital. Established in the year 1878, today the Nainital Cantonment is a Class IV cantonment. Current CEO of cantonme ...
, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command #
Pachmarhi Cantonment Pachmarhi is a hill station in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It has been the location of a cantonment (Pachmarhi Cantonment) since British Raj. It is widely known as ''Satpura ki Rani'' ("Queen of Satpura"), ...
, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command # Pune Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand, Central Command # Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Roorkee Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Saugor Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command #
Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...
Cantonment, Telangana, Southern Command # Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Shillong Cantonment, Meghalaya, Eastern Command # St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command # Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Wellington Cantonment, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command


Unlisted Military Cantonments

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Abohar Cantonment Abohar is a city and municipal corporation in the Fazilka district of the Indian state of Punjab, southeast of Fazilka city and northeast of Sri Ganganagar. It is near the India-Pakistan border. Abohar's population is 211745. The city is known f ...
(Abohar, Punjab) # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #
Akhnoor Cantonment Akhnoor is a city and municipal committee, near city of Jammu in Jammu district of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies 28 km away from Jammu city. Akhnoor is on the bank of the Chenab River, just before it enters the Paki ...
(Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir) # Baddowal Cantonment (Ludhiana, Punjab) # Bangalore Cantonment (Bangalore, Karnataka) #
Bikaner Cantonment Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...
(Bikaner, Rajasthan) #
Bhatinda Cantonment Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India, Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa (Punjab), Malwa Region, west of the capital city o ...
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Bhuj Cantonment Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. Etymology According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...
(Bhuj, Gujarat) # Bhopal Cantonment (Madhya Pradesh) # Chandimandir Cantonment (Chandigarh) #
Faridkot Cantonment Faridkot may refer to: India * Faridkot, Punjab, a city in Punjab, India * Faridkot district * Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency), one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab, India * Faridkot State, a former Princely State Pak ...
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Fazilka Cantonment Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in Tu ...
(Fazilka, Punjab) #
Gandhinagar Cantonment Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and M ...
(Gandhinagar, Gujarat) #
Gopalpur Cantonment Gopalpur (Hindi/Bengali/Oriya) or Gopalapuram (Telugu/Tamil/Malayalam) may refer to: Bangladesh * Gopalpur Upazila, a sub-district of Tangail District, Dhaka Division ** Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh, a town which is the seat of that sub-distric ...
(Brahmapur, Orissa) #
Narengi Cantonment Narengi (Pron: nʌˈreŋgɪ or næˈreŋgɪ) is a locality in Guwahati. Located in the extreme east of city, it is sparsely populated. An army camp is located in southern part of the locality. The Narangi railway station on the southern part whi ...
(Guwahati, Assam) # Hisar Cantt (Hisar, Haryana) #
Itarana Cantonment Itarana is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its population was 10,494 (2020) and its area is 296 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatís ...
(Alwar, Rajasthan) #
Jaipur Cantonment Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as ...
(Jaipur, Rajasthan) # Jaisalmer Cantonment (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) #
Jodhpur Cantonment Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...
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Bharatpur Cantonment Bharatpur may refer to: India *Bharatpur division, Rajasthan, India **Bharatpur district, within Bharatpur division ***Bharatpur, Rajasthan, a city in Bharatpur district ***Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency) *Bharatpur State, former princely state ...
(Rajasthan) # Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand) #
Kapurthala Cantonment Kapurthala Cantonment is a cantonment in the Punjab state of India. It is adjacent to the town of Kapurthala. In addition to having residence and offices of military personnel, the Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is ...
(Kapurthala, Punjab) #
Khasa Cantonment Khasa may refer to: *Khasas, an ancient people of Indian subcontinent * Khasa kingdom, an ancient Kingdom in Western Nepal *Khas people, an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic people of Nepal * Khasas (Mahabharata), an ancient tribe in Hindu literature * ...
(Amritsar, Punjab) # Kollam Cantonment (Kollam, India) # Ludhiana Cantonment (Punjab) # Mamun Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab) # Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam) #
Nagrota Cantonment Nagrota is a town located in the Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is located on National Highway 44 (India), National highway 44 between Jammu (city), Jammu city and Udhampur. It is situated ...
(Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir) # Pathankot Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab) #
Patiala Cantonment Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the '' Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') construct ...
(Punjab) # Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh , Uttarakhand) #
Dipatoli Cantonment Dipatoli is the cantonment area of Ranchi. It is situated on NH33 that connects Hazaribagh to Jamshedpur via Ranchi. Most of the area of Dipatoli is occupied by Indian Army. It is the base to 23 Infantry. It is about 7 km from the centre of ...
(Ranchi, Jharkhand) #
Shahjahanpur Cantonment Shahjahanpur () is a municipal corporation, town and district headquarters of Shahjahanpur District in Uttar Pradesh, India. The city is between Bareilly and Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. History Shahjahanpur was established by Dil ...
(Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh) # Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam) # Sri Ganganagar Cantonment (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan) #
Suratgarh Cantonment Suratgarh is a city and a municipality, just nearby Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded by Maharaja Surat Singh (1765 - 1828). Hindi, Bagri and Rajasthani are the widely spoken languages ...
(Suratgarh, Rajasthan) # Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) # Tibri Cantonment (Hoshiarpur, Punjab) #
Udhampur Cantonment Udhampur (ˌʊd̪ʱəmpur) is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters of Udhampur District. Named after Raja Udham Singh, it serves as the district capital ...
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Vadodra Cantonment Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...
(Vadodra, Gujarat)


Ghana

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Cantonments, Accra Cantonments is an affluent suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Overview The Cantonments area was intended to become a military quarters under the Britis ...


Nigeria

Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include: *Airforce Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos *Armed forces resettlement centre,
Oshodi Oshodi-Isolo (Yoruba: ''Oṣòdì-Ìsọlọ̀'') is a Local Government Area (LGA) within Lagos State. It was formed by the second republic Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, also known as 'Baba Kekere' and the first Executiv ...
, Lagos *Army Ordnance Cantonment, (also known as Abalti Barracks), Yaba, Lagos *Arn Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Badagry Cantonment, Badagry, Lagos *Dodan Cantonment, Ikoyi, Lagos *Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos *Marda Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Navy Town,
Ojo Ojo may refer to: *Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha *Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' * ''Ojo'' (comi ...
, Lagos *Ojo Cantonment (also known as Palm Barracks), Ojo, Lagos, *Bonny Camp,
Victoria Island Victoria Island ( ikt, Kitlineq, italic=yes) is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the List of islands by area, eighth-largest island in the world, ...
* Jaji military cantonment, kaduna, *Dalet cantonment, kaduna, *Mogadishu cantonment, *Abiyssinia cantonment, *.Burma cantonment, *Adshanti cantonment, *Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna


Pakistan

* Abbottabad Cantonment * Attock Cantonment * Allama Iqbal Cantonment *
Bannu Bannu ( ps, بنو, translit=banū ; ur, , translit=bannū̃, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe ...
Cantonment *
Bhawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...
Cantonment * Chaklala Cantonment *
Clifton Cantonment The Clifton Cantonment ( ur, ) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army during 19th century British India, a ...
, Karachi * Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment * Faisal Cantonment, Karachi * Faisalabad Cantonment *
Gujranwala Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisala ...
Cantonment * Hyderabad Cantonment *
Jhelum Cantonment Jhelum Cantt. (Urdu/Punjabi language, Punjabi: ) or Jhelum Cantonment is cantonment area in Jhelum City, Jhelum adjacent to the city area.
* Kamra Cantonment * Karachi Cantonment *
Kharian Cantonment Kharian Cantonment (Urdu: کھاریاں چھاؤنی۔), ( Punjabi: ) or Kharian Cantt is one of the largest Cantonment (Army bases) in Pakistan. It is located near Kharian city, in the Gujrat district of Punjab province. This cantonment is ...
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Khuzdar Khuzdar ( Brahui/ bal, ; ur, , ), historically known as Qusdar ( ar, قصدار, quṣdār), is the capital city of Khuzdar District in the central part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the 2nd-largest city of Balochistan province ...
Cantonment *
Korangi Creek Cantonment Korangi Creek Cantonment or Korangi Cantonment ( ur, کورنگی کریک چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the B ...
, Karachi * Lahore Cantonment *Walton Cantonment: Created out of the southern parts of the original Lahore Cantt., Walton, Lahore *
Loralai Loralai ( ps, لورلايي, ur, ), also known as Bori ( ps, ), is the division headquarter of Loralai Division and district headquarter of Loralai District. It is in the northeast of Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is above sea level ...
Cantonment * Malir Cantonment, Karachi * Mangla Cantonment *
Manora Cantonment The Manora Cantonment ( ur, منوڑہ چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town in a small Manora Island, located just south of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British ...
, Karachi * Mardan Cantonment * Multan Cantonment * Murree Cantonment * Nowshera Cantonment * Okara Cantonment *
Ormara Ormara ( Balochi, ur, ), is a town in Gwadar District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is a port on the Makran coastal region. It is located west of Karachi and east of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. This port is also mentioned in ''P ...
Cantonment *
Pano Aqil Cantonment Pano Aqil Cantonment ( ur, پنو عاقل چھاؤنی) is a cantonment in Pano Aqil, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located 40 km from Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, ...
* Peshawar Cantonment * Quetta Cantonment *
Rawalpindi Cantonment Rawalpindi Cantonment is a large cantonment located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan. The headquarters of the Pakistan Army which are known as the General Headquarters (GHQ) are located in the Rawalpindi cantonment. Rawalpindi cantonm ...
* Sanjwal Cantonment * Sargodha Cantonment *
Shorkot Shorkot ( ur, , Basti starabad=), ( pa, ), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is also a capital city of Shorkot Tehsil in Jhang district. It is located at 30°30'N 72°24'E with an altitude of 131 metres (433 ft). The city is famous ...
Cantonment (PAF Rafiqui) * Sialkot Cantonment *
Taxila Taxila or Takshashila (; sa, तक्षशिला; pi, ; , ; , ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and ...
Cantonment * Wah Cantonment * Zhob Cantonment


Singapore

In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.


South Africa

* Thaba Tshwane


Sri Lanka

* Panagoda Cantonment


United States

The United States military commonly uses the term "cantonment" to describe the permanent facilities at U.S. Army training bases as opposed to the field training areas. Cantonment areas often include housing (such as barracks and maid-service quarters), dining facilities, training classrooms, exchanges, and paved air fields.


See also

* Kaserne


References


External links


Cantonment Boards in India
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