Moju Chowdhury Hat

{{Short description|Town in Chittagong, Bangladesh}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Moju Chowdhury Hat

| settlement_type = Small Town and Transit

| native_name = মজু চৌধুরীর হাট

| native_name_lang = bn

| image_skyline = Moju chowdhury hat.jpg

| image_caption = Moju Chowdhury Hat at Sunrise.

| image_map =

| motto =

| pushpin_map = Bangladesh

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bangladesh

| coordinates = {{coord|22|52|26|N|90|47|02|E|type:city_region:BD|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}

| subdivision_type1 = Division

| subdivision_name1 = Chittagong Division

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Lakshmipur District

| subdivision_type3 = Upazila

| subdivision_name3 = Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila

| timezone = BST

| utc_offset = +6

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1965

| seat_type =

| seat =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Chairman

| leader_name = Abu Yousuf

| leader_title1 =

| leader_name1 =

| area_total_km2 = 68.42

| area_metro_km2 =

| area_note =

| population = 100000

| elevation_m =

| literacy_rate =

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 3700

| website = {{URL|http://charramonimohonup.lakshmipur.gov.bd/}}

}}

Moju Chowdhury Hat ({{langx|bn|মজু চৌধুরীর হাট}}){{Citation|title=Moju Chowdhury Hat attractions place. Where birds chirping, At Rahmat khali khal|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvyLCG3qxNQ|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}} is a market village and tourist center in Charramani Mohan Union{{Cite web|url=http://charramonimohonup.lakshmipur.gov.bd/|script-title=bn:চররমনী মোহন ইউনিয়ন|website=Charramoni Mohon Union |language=bn |access-date=2019-10-18}} of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila in southeastern Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=http://www.lged.gov.bd/UploadedDocument/Map/CHITTAGONG/laxmipur/laxmipur-s/laxmipur-s.pdf |title=Upazila Map: Upazila Laxmipur Sadar |website=Local Government Engineering Department |access-date=1 August 2017}} According to Banglapedia,{{Cite book|title=Epochs of chinese & japanese art, an outline history of east asiatic design.|last=Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco.|date=2010|publisher=Nabu Press|isbn=978-1176605213|oclc=944410673}} the sluice gate on Lakshmipur Khal (canal) is a tourist attraction{{Cite Banglapedia|last=Mahmud|first=Nazimuddin|article=Lakhsmipur Sadar Upazila}} and a transport hub in southeastern Bangladesh,{{Cite web|url=https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/2921-bangladesh/ports/47221-port-of-moju-chowdhury-hat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019014418/https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/2921-bangladesh/ports/47221-port-of-moju-chowdhury-hat|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 19, 2019|title=Port of Moju Chowdhury Hat|website=www.industryabout.com|access-date=2019-10-19}} with over 10,000 travelling passengers per day.{{Cite report |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Mostafiz R. |last2=Tabiei |first2=Ala |date=January 2006 |title=Air Gun Launch Simulation Modeling and Finite Element Model Sensitivity Analysis |publisher=Army Research Laboratory |doi=10.21236/ada441366 |s2cid=55275601 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/barisal-division/barisal/transport/getting-there-away/sea|title=Sea transport in Barisal|last=Planet|first=Lonely|website=Lonely Planet|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vromonbondhu.com/tag/moju-chowdhury-hat/|title=Moju Chowdhury Hat – ভ্রমণবন্ধু|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://joeliscurious.wordpress.com/category/travel/|title=travel|website=Joel is curious|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}

Geography

The village is on the north bank of Lakshmipur Khal near where it meets the Meghna River.{{Cite book|title=Hydrological and morphological study of the Meghna River : final report of the Japan-Bangladesh Joint Study Project on Floods |last1=Oka |first1=Tarō |last2=Mozammel Hoque |first2=Md. |date=2004|publisher=AHOPH--a Development Publishing House|oclc=74498069}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lostwithpurpose.com/chittagong-barisal-boat/|title=How to get from Chittagong to Barisal by boat|date=2018-02-24|website=Lost With Purpose|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}}

Transport

National highway{{Cite journal|date=1940-01-06|title=The "Barisal Guns"|journal=Notes and Queries|doi=10.1093/notesj/178.1.10|issn=1471-6941}} N809 is interrupted at Moju Chowdhury Hat by the Meghna River. The village is the southern terminus of the northern segment of the highway, which connects to Laksmipur, about {{convert|11|km}} away.{{cite web |url=http://www.rhd.gov.bd/RHDMaps_new/Maps/Roads/3.jpg |title=RHD Road Network, Comilla Zone |author= |date=May 2005 |website=Roads and Highways Department |access-date=1 August 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2008/03/10/laxmipur-bhola-ferry-to-usher-in-a-new-era|title=Laxmipur-Bhola ferry to usher in a new era|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2019-10-19}}

There is a ferry ghat (terminal) at Moju Chowdhury Hat. In 2011, The Daily Star reported that unsafe vessels sail the dangerous waters of the Meghna from the village.{{cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Sushanta |date=27 May 2011 |title=Unsafe water transports ply 'danger zone' defying ban |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187443 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 March 2016 |archive-date=10 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310140746/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=187443 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://placesmap.net/BD/Moju-Chowdhury-Hat-37838/|title=Moju Chowdhury Hat, Chittagong (+880 1771-954928)|website=placesmap.net|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/06/05/biwtc-eid-special-services-start-from-june-13|title=BIWTC Eid special services start from June 13|date=2018-06-05|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Citation|last=Jubair|first=Ahmed|title=Raining Cats and Dog!|date=2017-07-28|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmedjubairlx/48288352481/|access-date=2019-10-19}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}