page_title: Moulvibazar District
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Moulvibazar District / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Sreemangal ancient mosque Аҧсшәа: Sreemangal ancient mosque
context_page_description: Moulvibazar also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It is bordered by the Indian states of Tripura and Assam to the south and east, respectively; and by the Bangladeshi districts of Habiganj to the west and Sylhet to the north.
context_section_description: Moulvibazar is made up of 7 subdivisions or upazilas. They are:
  Moulvibazar Sadar
  Kamalganj
  Kulaura
  Rajnagar
  Sreemangal
  Barlekha (originally part of Joldhup in Karimganj)
  Juri (formed in 2005 from unions of Kulaura and Barlekha)
  There are 67 Unions, 2,064 Villages and 5 Pourashavas namely Kamalganj, Kulaura, Sreemongal, Barlekha and Moulvibazar. Almost 50,000 of the clan population belong to Manipuri, Khasia and Tripura clans. They tend to live in the areas of Kamalganj, Sreemongal and Kulaura Upazila of this district. There are 92 tea gardens in the district.
  During the British colonial period, South Sylhet subdivision was divided into three tax collectory zilas, further divided into 28 parganas. The incomplete list of parganas of South Sylhet are as follows:
  Noyakhali Zila: Chowallish, Balishira, Satgaon, Chautali, Giasnagar, Chaitanyanagar, Athanagiri
  Rajnagar Zila: Ita, Shamshernagar, Alinagar, Indeshwar, Panishail/Panishali, , Bhanugach, Adampur
  Hingazia Zila: Kanihati, Baramchal, Bhatera, Patharia, Yaqubnagar
  Later on, South Sylhet subdivision was divided into five thanas:
  Moulvibazar Thana: Parganas - Shamshernagar, Chowallish, Shaistanagar, Howlisatrasati
  Kamalganj Thana: Parganas - Adampur, Bhanugach, Chhoychiri, Shamshernagar
  Kulaura Thana: Parganas - Kanihati, Patharia, Longla, Baramchal
  Rajnagar Thana: Parganas - Indeswar, Shamshernagar
  Srimangal Thana: Parganas - Balishira, Chautali
caption: Jiladpur Mosque in Ashidron Union, Srimangal
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