Sitakunda, also called Sitakunda Town, is the administrative centre and sole municipality (Paurashava) of Sitakunda Upazila in Chattogram District, Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Chandranath Temple and for a hot water spring 5 kilometres north of the town. The town has 9 wards divided into 22 mahallas, and the article gives it a population of 36,650 in 6,914 households. It has been developed as a satellite town of Chittagong, to reduce population pressure on that city, and as a zone for industrial development along with Bhatiari. It is growing fast as an urban centre, although electricity, drinking water, drainage and garbage disposal are under-provided. The town stands on unbroken flat alluvial land that lies below the level of high tide and is protected from tidal effects and flash floods by an embankment.
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Population Estimate Year Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Bangladesh: Districts and Urban Places
citypopulation.deCities and urban places table, last census column (2022)
Sitakunda Mun CHI সীতাকুণ্ড... 36,650 43,555 50,139
Cities and urban places table, census date 2022-06-14
Sitakunda Mun CHI সীতাকুণ্ড... 36,650 43,555 50,139
View the Source 2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Dhaka, current standard offset lineQuote, Zone Asia/Dhaka, current standard offset line
6:00 Dhaka %z
Sitakunda (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Bangladesh, Lead
in Chattogram District, located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
On Continent: Asia, Lead
in Chattogram District, located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
in Chattogram District, located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
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