Diveesions o Bangladesh

Bangladesh is dividit intae seiven major admeenistrative regions cried diveesions (Bengali: বিভাগ Bibhag). Ilka diveesion is namit efter the major ceety athin its jurisdiction that serves as the admeenistrative caipital o that diveesion: 
 Barisal (বরিশাল Borishal)
 Chittagong (চট্টগ্রাম Chôţţogram)
 Dhaka (ঢাকা Đhaka)
 Khulna (খুলনা Khulna)
 Rajshahi (রাজশাহী Rajshahi)
 Rangpur (রংপুর Rongpoor)
 Sylhet (সিলেট Sileţ)

Ilka diveesion is further split intae destricts (Bengali: জেলা zila) which are then further sub-dividit intae Upazilas.

Rankin o diveesions
The follaein table ootlines some key statistics aboot the seiven diveesions o Bangladesh as foond in the 2011 Population an Hoosin Census conductit bi the Bangladesh Bureau o Statistics.

 Diveesion Bangla  Population    Aurie (km2)  Population densitie  2011 (fowk/km2)  Sex ratio (malesper 100 females) 1991 2001 2011 (provisional)Barisal Diveesion  বরিশাল  7,462,643  8,173,718  8,147,000  13,297  613  96.8Chittagong Diveesion  চট্টগ্রাম  20,522,908  24,290,384  28,079,000  33,771  831  96.1Dhaka Diveesion  ঢাকা  32,665,975  39,044,716  46,729,000  31,120  1,502  103.9Khulna Diveesion  খুলনা  12,688,383  14,705,223  15,563,000  22,272  699  100Rajshahi Diveesion  রাজশাহী  14,212,065  16,354,723  18,329,000  18,197  1,007  100.4Rangpur Diveesion  রংপুর  11,997,979  13,847,150  15,665,000  16,317  960  99.8Sylhet Diveesion  সিলেট  6,765,039  7,939,343  9,807,000  12,596  779  99.1Totals   106,314,992  124,355,263  142,319,000  147,570  964  

History
Follaein the Unthirldom o Bangladesh in 1971, the kintra haed fower diveesions:
 Chittagong Diveesion (চট্টগ্রাম Chôţţogram)
 Dacca Diveesion (ঢাকা Đhaka)
 Khulna Diveesion (খুলনা Khulna)
 Rajshahi Diveesion (রাজশাহী Rajshahi)

In 1983, the Inglis spellin o the Dacca Diveesion (alang wi the name o the caipital ceety) wis chyngit intae Dhaka tae mair closely match the Bengali pronunciation.

In 1993, Barisal Diveesion wis split aff frae Khulna Diveesion; in 1998, Sylhet Diveesion wis split aff frae Chittagong Diveesion; an in 2010 (25 Januar), Rangpur Diveesion wis split aff frae Rajshahi Diveesion, this latest creation consistin o the Rangpur an Dinajpur auries. In terms o aurie the newly-formit Rangpur Diveesion rankit fift follaeed bi Barisal an Sylhet diveesion. 

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