Moulvibazar District
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Moulvibazar মৌলভীবাজার |
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Tea gardens of Sreemangal in Moulvibazar district
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 Location of Moulvibazar in Bangladesh |
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 Bangladesh
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| Division | Sylhet Division |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,799.38 km2 (1,080.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 1,919,062 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 3200 |
| Website | moulvibazar |
Moulvibazar (Bengali: মৌলভীবাজার জেলা Moulbibazar Zila), also called Maulvibazar,Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, is a district of Sylhet Division in North-Eastern Bangladesh.
The name of the district, Moulvibazar is derived from two words, Moulvi and bazar, meaning "Market of the Moulvi". Moulvi (Mawlawi) is an honorific Islamic title and 'bazar' is the Persian word for market or township. Moulvibazar is named after Hazrat Syed Moulvi Qudratullah Munsef, the descendant of Hazrat Syed Shah Mustafa 'Sher-E-Sowar' Chabukmar Baghdadi, an Islamic preacher active during the advent of Islam in the region. It is believed that the name was coined in the middle of 17th century when Moulvi Qudratullah established a small bazaar near his house and local people named it as Moulvibazar. This market was established at riverside of the present Poschim Bazar (West Market), which gradually expanded over the time.
Moulvibazar is in Sylhet, a district to the North-East of Bangladesh. It is 2,707 km² in area, and has a population of 1.38 million. It is situated between 24.10 degree 24.35 degree north latitude and between 90.35 degree and 91.20-degree east longitude. It is surrounded by Sylhet District in the north, Habiganj District in the west and Indian States of Assam and Tripura in the east and south respectively.
The main rivers of the district are the Manu, the Dholoi and the Juri which flow from India. Every year during the rainy season, when there is excessive rainfall in India, the surplus water flows through these rivers and causes floods in low-lying parts of Moulvibazar (for example, the villages of Balikhandi and Shampashi on the northern side of the river Manu). Unless the rivers are properly dredged the floods can be devastating.
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