Sonagazi Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sonagazi
locator_position = right
latd = 22.8500
longd = 91.3917
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Feni District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 215122
population_density = 915
area_total = 235.07
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/feni/Sonagazi.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sonagazi
footnotes =

Sonagazi ( _bn. সোনাগাজি) is an Upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sonagazi is located at coord|22.8500|N|91.3917|E| . It has 37184 units of house hold and total area 235.07 km².

It is situated in the southern part of the district, the only Upazila to have a coastline with the Bay of Bengal. Sonagazi is noted for its natural beauty, a sluice gate, known as "Muhuri Project", built in the late 1970s to control water flow of the Feni river is a popular tourist destination as well.

Noted literary figure Shahidullah Kaisar and film maker Zahir Raihan hailed from Sonagazi.

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sonagazi has a population of 215122. Males constitute are 49.8% of the population, and females 50.2%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99050. Sonagazi has an average literacy rate of 32.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Sonagazi has 9 Unions/Wards, 95 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 93 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References