Kutubdia ( bn, কুতুবদিয়া) is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
of
Cox's Bazar District
Cox's Bazar ( bn, কক্সবাজার জেলা , ''Cox's Bazar Jela'' also ''Cox's Bazar Zila'') is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
It is named after Cox's Bazar town. It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's ...
in the Division of
Chittagong,
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, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. The upazila consists of an island in the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
, off the coast near
Chakaria,
Cox's Bazar.
History
A police station at Kutubdia was established in 1917. The island was upgraded into an upazila in 1983. Abdul Malek Shah was born on this island.
Kutubdia has an area of , in length and in breadth. It is famous for the only lighthouse in Bangladesh which was built by the British during the British rule. Kutubdia is rich in producing salt and dried fish, locally known as 'Shutki'.
Geography
Kutubdia is located at . It has 58,463 households and a total area of .
Climate change and
sea level rise
Globally, sea levels are rising due to human-caused climate change. Between 1901 and 2018, the globally averaged sea level rose by , or 1–2 mm per year on average.IPCC, 2019Summary for Policymakers InIPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cry ...
threaten to submerge the island in the Bay of Bengal.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census, Kutubdia had a population of 125,000. Males constituted 51% of the population, and females 49%. The population aged 18 or over was 41, 755. Kutubdia had an average literacy rate of 24.1% (7+ years), the national average being 32.4% literate. The most populated area is Ali Akbar Dale. Thousands of visitors visit this island daily due to journeys and other business related work.
Administration
Kutubdia Upazila is divided into six
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s: Ali Akbardeil, Baraghop, Dakshin Dhurung, Kaiyarbil, Lemsikhali, and Uttar Dhurung. The union parishads are subdivided into 8 mauzas and 55 villages.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
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List of islands of Bangladesh
This is a list of Islands of Bangladesh.
The islands of Bangladesh are scattered along the Bay of Bengal and the river mouth of the Padma.
The word "Char" is used in many of the names and refers to floodplain sediment islands in the Ganges De ...
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List of lighthouses in Bangladesh
This is a list of lighthouses in Bangladesh.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
External links
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{{Asia topic, List of lighthouses in
Lists of lighthouses, Bangladesh
Lists of tourist attract ...
References
Upazilas of Cox's Bazar District
Islands of Bangladesh
Lighthouses in Bangladesh
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