Teknaf Upazila

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Teknaf Upazila
Teknaf launch station
Teknaf
Division_name - District	Chittagong Division - Cox's Bazar District
Coordinates	20.8667° N 92.3000° E
Area	388.68 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	152557 - 393/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Teknaf

Teknaf (Bengali: টেকনাফ Ṭeknaf) is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh (St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point). The name of the region comes from the Naf River which forms the easter boundary of the upazila.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 Attractions
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Geography

Teknaf is located at 20.8667° N 92.3000° E . It has 23675 units of house hold and total area 388.68 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Teknaf has a population of 152557. Males constitute are 51.81% of the population, and females 48.19%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 64417. Teknaf has an average literacy rate of 16.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Teknaf has 6 Unions/Wards, 13 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 133 villages.

[edit] Attractions

Teknaf port

Teknaf is the most southern or south-eastern coastal subdistrict under the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh. This is the only place Bangladesh which is connected with Myanmar (former Burma) by a small river called Naf River of Bangladesh. Because of its geographical location this subdistrict has developed as most interesting place for the foreign and local tourists. Because of tropical weather of Bangladesh most of the tourist usually go to visit this place during winter or in between winter and autumn (October to March). It is about 100 km far away from Cox's Bazar and well connected with various kinds of luxurious bus services.