Noakhali District
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Noakhali (Bengali: নোয়াখালী জিলা) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh.
GeographyNoakhali District (part of Chittagong division) with an area of 3600.99 km², 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. SubdivisionsNoakhali district, whose earlier name was Bhulua, was established in 1821. It consists of Nine upazilas, 5 municipalities, 45 wards, 90 mahallas, 83 union parishads, 909 mouzas and 978 villages. The upazilas are Noakhali sadar, Subarna Char, Kabirhat, Begumganj, Chatkhil, Companiganj, Hatiya, Sonaimuri, and Senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar). HistoryThe ancient name of Noakhali was Bhulua. Once the agricultural activities of the north-eastern region of Bhulua were seriously affected by floodwater of the Dakatia River 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. Noakhali district was created in 1821. It originally consisted of two sub-divisions, Noakhali Sadar and Feni. In 1984, Noakhali was split into three districts, Noakhali, Feni and Lakshmipur. 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 of the Noakhali Massacre. Some have suggested that Gandhi was not too welcome here. It was reported that soon after his arrival, his goat (which he took along on his travels as a ready supply of milk) was stolen and eaten by the locals [1][2]. 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 Pakistan army and the freedom fighters. About 70 freedom fighters were killed in a direct encounter with the Pakistan army on 15 June 1971 in front of Sonapur Ahmadia School. Noakhali was liberated on 7 December 1971. Economy
please see the link http://www.iczmpbangladesh.org/district_info/noakh_b_fac.htm Noakhali (Town)
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