Moheshkhali (Bengali: মহেশখালী) is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District[1] in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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Moheshkhali মহেশখালী
Upazila
From top: Adinath Buddhist Temple, Ananda Myitta Buddha Temple, Maheshkhali Bridge, Mangrove Island, Maheshkhali Hill Dried fish Village, Fish boats
Moheshkhali Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 21°33′N 91°57′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Cox's Bazar District
Area
• Total	362.18 km2 (139.84 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	256,546
• Density	708.34/km2 (1,834.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	Official Map of Maheshkhali

Geography

Moheshkhali is located at 21.5500°N 91.9500°E / 21.5500; 91.9500. It has 33287 households and total area 362.18 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Moheshkhali has a population of 219520. Males constitute are 53.13% of the population, and females 46.87%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 90892. Maheshkhali has an average literacy rate of, and the national average of literate.[2]

Administration

Moheshkhali Upazila is divided into Moheshkhali Municipality and eight union parishads: Bora Moheshkhali, Chota Moheshkhali, Dhalghata, Hoanak, Kalarmarchhara, Kutubjom, Matarbari, and Shaplapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 25 mauzas and 151 villages.[3]

Moheshkhali Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 28 mahallas.[3]

Notable residents

• Badiul Alam, Vice Chancellor of University of Chittagong (2006–2009), was born in Nalbila village in 1949.[4]
• Subedar(retired) ASad Ali, Freedom fighter
• ATM Nurul Bashar Chowdhury, MP
• Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid, MP
• Md. Ishak, MP
• Jahirul Islam, MP
• Maksudul Kabir, Motivational speaker, Youth mentor, Development worker, UN employee
• Salimullah Khan, academic, essayist, and critic, grew up in Moheshkhali.[5]
• Asheq Ullah Rafiq, MP
• Master Humayun Kabir, Head Teacher, Bara Maheshkhali Girls High School, Social activist

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References