Anwara Upazila

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Anowara
আনোয়ারা
Upazila
Anowara is located in Bangladesh
Anowara
Anowara
Location in Bangladesh
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Country Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Chittagong District
Area
 • Total 164.13 km2 (63.37 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 219,446
 • Density 1,265/km2 (3,280/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Anwara

Anowara (Bengali: আনোয়ারা) is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Anowara is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. . It has 38,008 households[citation needed] and a total area of 164.13 km².[1]

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Anowara has a population of 219446. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 107408. Anowara has an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. It has lot of rich men who were born there and almost all of them live in the city of Chittagong .[2]

Administration

Anowara has 11 Unions, 85 Mauzas, and 78 villages.

Chairman : Towhidul Hug Chowdhury (from Awami League)

Woman Vice Chairman :

Vice Chairman :Mrinal kanti dhor (from Awami League)

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Mohammad Faruque Hossen [1]

Members of ninth and tenth Parliament (2009 -2014 & 2014- )

Chittagong-12 (Anwara Upazila) Seat 289: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury (Javed), [from Awami League], Director of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL). He was elected as member of the parliament after his father's (Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League) who died on Nov 4, 2012. [2]

See also

References

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