Titas (Bengali: তিতাস) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1]It has a rich heritage of culture and tradition. This upazilla was formerly under Daudkandi upazilla. In 2005, it has been made a entirely new upazilla.

Titas তিতাস
Upazila
Titas Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°36′N 90°46′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Comilla District
Area
• Total	125.74 km2 (48.55 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	http://titas.comilla.gov.bd

History

Titas was created in 2004. It split with nine Unions from Daudkandi Upazila. The name Titas named after the river Titas. Then minister and local MP Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain proposed the name.^{[citation needed]}

Location

It has Homna Upazila of Comilla District on the north, Daudkandi Upazila on the south, Muradnagar Upazila on the east and Meghna Upazila on the west.^{[citation needed]}

Administration

Titas Upazila is divided into nine union parishads:Balorampur, Jagatpur, Kalakandi, Karikandi, Majidpur, Narayandia, Satani, Vitikandi, Zearkandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 61 mauzas and 138 villages.[2]

Notable residents

• Atiqul Islam - Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation
• Md Mainul Islam - former chief, Border Guards Bangladesh
• Abdul Matin- Deputy Secretary at Ministary of Public Administration / BCS1986 Batch (Ex APS to ex PM Begum Khaleda Zia)
• Suman Chandra Das - Entrepreneur, Son of Sunil Chandra Das
• Md. Tafazzul Islam - 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[3]
• Ferdous Ahmed - Bangladeshi Film Actor.
• Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah - Former Senior Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation(PKSF) .

See also

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

References

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