Subdivisions of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল bāṁlādēśēra praśāsanika añcala | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||
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Politics of Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils). The diagram below outlines the five tiers of government in Bangladesh.
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8 Divisions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 Districts ("zila") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
495 Sub-Districts ("upazila") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4,571 Union Councils (Rural area) | 331 Municipalities (Towns) | 12 City Corporations (Metropolis) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Villages | Municipal Wards | City Wards | |||||||||||||||||||||||