Sonagazi Upazila

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Sonagazi Upazila
Sonagazi
Division_name - District	Chittagong Division - Feni District
Coordinates	22.8500° N 91.3917° E
Area	235.07 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	215122 - 915/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Sonagazi

Sonagazi (Bengali: সোনাগাজি) is an Upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Sonagazi is located at 22.8500° N 91.3917° E . It has 37184 units of house hold and total area 235.07 km².

It is situated in the southern part of the district, the only Upazila to have a coastline with the Bay of Bengal. Sonagazi is noted for its natural beauty, a sluice gate, known as "Muhuri Project", built in the late 1970s to control water flow of the Feni river is a popular tourist destination as well.

Noted literary figure Shahidullah Kaisar and film maker Zahir Raihan hailed from Sonagazi.

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Sonagazi has a population of 215122. Males constitute are 49.8% of the population, and females 50.2%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99050. Sonagazi has an average literacy rate of 32.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]