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Guimara Upazila

Coordinates: 22°57′35″N 91°52′05″E / 22.95972°N 91.86806°E / 22.95972; 91.86806
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Guimara
মহালছড়ি
Location of Guimara
Coordinates: 22°57′35″N 91°52′05″E / 22.95972°N 91.86806°E / 22.95972; 91.86806
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong
DistrictKhagrachhari
Area
 • Total243.46 km2 (94.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total44,202
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)

Guimara Upazila (Bengali: গুইমারা উপজেলা) is an upazila (sub-district) of Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

History

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Guimara Upazila was established as an upazila on 30 November 2020. As of 2020, the administrative building has not been built. The upazila is administered from Guimara Union Parishad Complex Bhaban due to the lack of a purpose built administrative building.[1] Brigadier General Mohammad Shahriar Jaman is the commander of the Guimara region.[2]

Administration

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UNO: Rajeeb Chowdhury.[3]

It has an area of 243.46 km2.

The upazila has three unions:[4]

Demographics

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Religions in Guimara upazila (2022)
Religion Percent
Islam
30.60%
Hinduism
22.51%
Buddhism
46.74%
Christianity
0.12%
Other or not stated
0.03%

As of the 2022 Bangladesh census, what is now Guimara upazila had a population of 53,258.

Ethnicity in Guimara (2022)[5]

  Bengali (33.02%)
  Marma (38.1%)
  Tripura (18.79%)
  Chakma (7.37%)
  Others (0.43%)

References

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  1. ^ "Guimara upazila office works from a room of the union parishad". The Business Standard. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ "4 killed as BGB, villagers clash in Khagrachhari". United News of Bangladesh (UNB). Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার. 2024-08-26. Archived from the original on 2024-08-26.
  4. ^ "Detailed Map of Guimara Upazila, Khagrachari, Bangladesh - Tourism Di…". 2024-08-26. Archived from the original on 2024-08-26.
  5. ^ https://bbs.gov.bd/site/page/2888a55d-d686-4736-bad0-54b70462afda/-