Administrative divisions of Bangladesh
| Subdivisions of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল |
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| Location | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||
| Subdivisions |
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| Type | Number |
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| Division | 8 |
| District | 64 |
| City Corporation | 11 |
| Municipal Corporation | 323 |
| Upazila | 490 |
| Union Parishads | ~4,553 |
Bangladesh is divided into 8 Divisions (Bibhag) and 64 Districts(Jela, Zila, Zela), although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into Upazila, Thana and Union Council. The diagram below outlines the five tiers of government in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is divided into eight major administrative divisions (Bengali: বিভাগ Bibhag). Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:
Formerly Bangladesh was also divided into 21 regions, which formed an additional administrative level between the levels of the divisions and the districts:
The divisions are divided into 64 districts, or zila (Bengali: জেলা jela). Each district is run by a Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") who is appointed by the government from a Deputy secretary of B.C.S. Administration Cadre.
The districts are divided into subdistricts called Upazila (Bengali: উপজেলা upojela). Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries. At present Bangladesh has 490 upazilas. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignating and upgrading many existing thanas as upazilas.
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