Teknaf

Teknaf was originally inhabited by the Rakhine people who called it Kawau Sang.{{Cite news |last=Falguni |first=Audity |date=22 January 2010 |title=By the river 'Net-Mrai' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/01/04/travel.htm |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Daily Star}}

In October 2017, seven Detective Branch officers kidnapped the brother of Teknaf mayor Moniruzzaman and demanded a ransom for his freedom.{{Cite web |title=7 suspended DB members jailed for 7 years |url=https://www.banglainsider.com/en/news_details/124661 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Bangla Insider |language=en-US}} After being released, the victim's family filed a complaint with the Bangladesh Army check post which detained the officers with the ransom money.

In May 2018, Ekramul Haque, councillor of Teknaf Municipality Ward three, was killed by a unit of Rapid Action Battalion.{{Cite web |title=In Recording, Chilling Proof That Hasina’s War on Drugs Involves Extra-Judicial Killing |url=https://thewire.in/south-asia/in-recording-chilling-proof-that-hasinas-war-on-drugs-involves-extra-judicial-killing |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=The Wire}}{{Cite news |date=2024-06-16 |title=Ekramul’s family cries for justice |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/115662/ekramuls-family-cries-for-justice |access-date=2024-06-16 |work=New Age |language=en}} He was elected as councilor in Teknaf Municipality three times in a row as a candidate of Awami League.{{Cite news |date=2018-05-28 |title=Poura councillor killed in Teknaf |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/teknaf-al-leader-killed-crackdown-1582528 |access-date=2021-12-11 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} On 10 December 2021, the United States approved sanctions against seven current and former officers of Rapid Action Battalion under the Magnitsky Act, the first Bangladeshi officials to face sanctions under the act, for the killing of Ekramul Haque.{{Cite news |date=2021-12-11 |title=US imposes sanctions on RAB, 7 officials over human rights abuse |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/us-imposes-sanctions-rab-7-officials-over-human-rights-abuse-341761 |access-date=2021-12-11 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}

Teknaf municipality has nine wards and 16 Mahallas.{{Cite web |title=Teknaf Upazila |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Teknaf_Upazila |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Banglapedia |language=en}}

Teknaf has a population of 25,056 and a literacy rate of 40.9%.

• Cox's Bazar District
• St. Martin's Island
• Naf River

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• [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/T_0106.htm Banglapedia article on Teknaf upazila]

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