Kaptai Cantonment is a cantonment located at
Kaptai in
Rangamati District
Rangamati Hill District ( Chakma:đĸđđđđ´đŗđ ;) is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division, and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is ...
. A navy base and the headquarters of 65th infantry brigade, which was under
24th Infantry Division of
Bangladesh Army
The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and def ...
, are located in Kaptai. In 2015, the brigade was transferred under newly formed
10th Infantry Division Its prime role is to guard the
Kaptai Dam
Kaptai Dam ( bn, āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§) is on the Karnaphuli River at Kaptai Upazila, Kaptai, upstream from Chittagong in Rangamati District, Bangladesh. It is an earth-fill embankment dam with a reservoir (known as Kaptai Lake) wat ...
.
See also
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Bandarban Cantonment
Bandarban Cantonment ( bn, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸) is a cantonment located in Bandarban. The headquarter of 69th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army locate here. It is one of five cantonment in Chittagong Hill Tracts a ...
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Khagrachari Cantonment
Khagrachhari Cantonment ( bn, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸, 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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Rangamati Cantonment
Rangamati Cantonment ( bn, āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸) 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 ...
References
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Chittagong