The signboard of Fouzdarhat Railway Station

Faujdarhat is a neighborhood of

Chittagong City 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 ...

in Bangladesh. It is well known as a

ship breaking Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction ...

area, with one of the largest breaking yards in the world:

Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is located in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Bangladesh along the Sitakunda coastal strip, north-west of Chittagong. Handling about a fifth of the world's total, it was the world's largest ship breaking yard, until ...

. There are several institutions including Faujdarhat Cadet College, the first cadet college in Bangladesh.

History

In 1995, the Forest Department created a

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park that stretches from Faujdarhat to South Kattali in Chittagong. The area experienced a major

oil spill An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...

when an oil-laden train derailed on 9 July 2014.

Ship breaking yard

The beach in the area is used to demolish ships. At in length, it is the longest ship breaking site in the world. Around 200,000 people work there and the industry contributes a lot to the Bangladesh economy.

Educational institutions

Cadet colleges

Faujdarhat Cadet College Faujdarhat Cadet College is a historic public military high school (grade 7 to grade 12), modelled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), run following the national curriculum of Bangladesh in English version, ...

High schools

Faujdarhat Collegiate School Faujdarhat Collegiate School is situated on Faujdarhat Cadet College campus in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. This school was mainly established for the cadet college staff children. It has about 600 students. Th ...

Faujdarhat KM High School Faujdarhat Khoirati Miah High School is a secondary school in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth ...

College

* Faujdarhat Nursing College

Research institutes

Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases is a government medical postgraduate institute and Hospital situated at Faujdarhat in Chittagong. It was established in 2013. There is an adjacent 20 bed Infectious Disease Hospital. Hist ...

University

* Chittagong Medical University

References

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