Districts of Bangladesh

Alpha-2 code : BD
Alpha-3 code : BGD
ISO-3166 country code (alpha-2/alpha-3) : BD/BGD
Short name : BANGLADESH
Short name lower case : Bangladesh
Full name : the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Numeric code : 050

The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas.

1666 : Chittagong district.
1769 : Rangpur District.
1772 : Sylhet District.
1772 : Dhaka District.
1772 : Rajshahi District.
1781 : Jessore District.
1786 : Dinajpur District.
1787 : Mymensingh District.
1790 : Comilla District.
1797 : Bakerganj District (now Barisal District).
1815 : Faridpur District.
1821 : Noakhali District.
1821 : Bogra district.
1832 : Pabna District.
1860 : Hill Tracts district is split from Chittagong district.
1882 : Khulna District is split from Jessore district .
1947 : Kushtia District is established Because of the Partition of Bengal in 1947 before that it is a part of Nadia District.
1969 : Tangail District is split from Mymensingh district.
Patuakhali district is split from Barisal district.
1971 : Dhaka Division: Dhaka district, Faridpur district, Mymensingh district, Tangail district
Chittagong Division: Hill Tracts district, Chittagong district, Comilla district, Noakhali district, Sylhet district.
Rajshahi Division: Bogra district, Dinajpur district, Rajshahi district, Rangpur district, Pabna district.
Khulna Division: Barisal district, Jessore district, Khulna district, Kushtia district, Patuakhali district
1984 : Magura district was split from Jessore district.
Brahmanbaria and Chandpur districts were split from Comilla district.
Sirajganj district was split from Pabna district.
Sherpur district was split from Jamalpur district.
Netrokona and Kishoreganj districts were split from Mymensingh district.
Lakshmipur and Feni districts were split from Noakhali district.
Sunamganj, Habiganj and Maulvibazar districts were split from Sylhet district.
Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts were split from Dinajpur district.
Jhenaidah and Narail split from Jessore district.
Cox’s Bazar district was split from Chittagong district.
Satkhira and Bagerhat districts were split from Khulna District.
Meherpur and Chuadanga districts were split from Kustia District.
Prirojpur and Jhalokati District were spilt from Barisal district.
Bhola and Barguna District were spilt from Patuakhali district.

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