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| Introduction About » NOAKHALI |
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Noakhali District (CHITTAGONG division) with an area of 3600.99 sq km, 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 (Town) Noakhali Sadar upazila town (Maijdi) consists of 9 wards and 36 mahallas. It has an area of 12.61 sq km.
The town has a population of 74585; male 51.50%, female 48.50%; population density per sq km 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. The town has five dakbungalows. |
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Historical events 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 river Dakatia 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. 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. 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 Pak army and the freedom fighters. About 70 freedom fighters were killed in a direct encounter with the Pak army on 15 June 1971 in front of Sonapur Ahmadia School. Noakhali was liberated on 7 December 1971.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave at a place adjacent to the sluice gate of Companiganj; memorial monuments 4, at the premises of Sonapur Ahmadia Model School, Maijdi Primary Training Institute, Chaumuhani and Sonaimuri; three roads named after martyr freedom fighters (Shaheed Nur Mohammad Road, Shaheed Major Mesbahuddin Road and Shaheed Jasimuddin Road). |
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