Matiranga Upazila
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Matiranga
| native_name = মাটিরাঙ্গা
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| image_caption = Skyline of Matiranga, Bangladesh
| image_map = Matiranga in Chattogram division (Bangladesh).svg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name1 = Chittagong
| subdivision_name2 = Khagrachhari
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| area_total_km2 = 404.75
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| population_total = 126609
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=397}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060737/http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/khagrachhari/Matiranga.gif Official Map of Matiranga]
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| timezone = BST
| utc_offset = +6
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Matiranga ({{langx|bn|মাটিরাঙ্গা}}) is an upazila of Khagrachari District{{citation
|author=Proshanto Kumar Tripura
|chapter=Matiranga Upazila
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Matiranga_Upazila
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}} in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography
Matiranga is located at {{coord|23.0417|N|91.8750|E|}}. It has 24,080 households and a total area of 404.75 km2.
Demographics
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As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, the residual Matiranga upazila had a population of 126,609. The ethnic population was 30,257 (23.90%), of which Tripura were 23,647, Chakma 3,950 and Marma 2,621.
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|caption = Ethnicity in Matiranga (2022)https://bbs.gov.bd/site/page/2888a55d-d686-4736-bad0-54b70462afda/-
|label1 = Bengali |value1 = 76.10
|color1 = green
|label2 = Tripura
|value2 = 18.68
|color2 = orange
|label3 = Chakma |value3 = 3.12
|color3 = yellow
|label4 = Marma |value4 = 2.07
|color4 = blue
|label5 = Others
|value5 = 0.03
|color5 = black
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Administration
Matiranga Upazila is divided into Matiranga Municipality and eight union parishads: Amtali, Baranala, Belchhari, Guimara, Gumti, Matiranga, Tubalchhari, and Taindang. The union parishads are subdivided into 27 mauzas and 365 villages.
Matiranga Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 53 mahallas.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Khagrachori.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Khagrachhari |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184825/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Khagrachori.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}
See also
References
{{Khagrachhari District}}
{{Upazilas of Chittagong Division}}
Category:Upazilas of Khagrachhari District
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