The 64 districts of Bangladesh
Every district has its own rivers, food, crafts and history. Pick one to read what it is known for, where to go, how to get there — and the shops already selling from there.
Barishal Division
6 districts-
Barishal Rivers, rice and launches: the old heart of Bangladesh's south
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Barguna Where the Bishkhali and Baleshwar meet the Bay: hilsa, mangroves and Rakhine looms
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Bhola Bangladesh's biggest island, home of hilsa and buffalo-milk curd
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Jhalokati Land of guava and shitalpati, with a floating market on its canals
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Patuakhali Daughter of the sea: Kuakata's sunrise and sunset, watermelon and the Payra port
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Pirojpur Floating guava markets, timber, nurseries and gardens that float on water
Chattogram Division
11 districts-
Bandarban Cloud-wrapped hills, the Sangu river and the highest peaks in Bangladesh
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Brahmanbaria The Titas, classical music, chhanamukhi and the gas fields that power the east
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Chandpur The home of hilsa, where the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia meet
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Chattogram Port city, green hills and mezban: the commercial capital of Bangladesh
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Cumilla Mainamati's Buddhist ruins, khadi cloth and the rasmalai everyone asks for
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Cox's Bazar An unbroken sea beach, the Marine Drive, dried fish and salt fields
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Feni The gateway between Dhaka and Chattogram, home of Khandal's sweets
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Khagrachari Green hills on the Chengi river, Alutila cave and the road to Sajek
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Lakshmipur Soybean fields, coconut and betel nut groves on the Meghna estuary
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Noakhali New land from the Meghna: Hatiya, Nijhum Dwip and a famous dialect
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Rangamati Kaptai Lake, the hanging bridge and Sajek: the lake district of the hills
Dhaka Division
13 districts-
Dhaka The capital on the Buriganga: Mughal forts, muslin memories and a city that never pauses
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Faridpur Jute country on the Padma, and home of the poet of rural Bengal
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Gazipur Sal forests, jackfruit orchards and the factory belt north of Dhaka
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Gopalganj Beel country on the Madhumati, with floating gardens and Tungipara
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Kishoreganj Gateway to the haors, home of Sholakia and the poet Chandrabati
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Madaripur Arial Khan river town of date-palm gur, Shah Madar and Shakuni Lake
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Manikganj Where the Jamuna meets the Padma: zamindar palaces and hajari gur
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Munshiganj Ancient Bikrampur: potatoes, patkhir and the north end of the Padma Bridge
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Narayanganj Old Sonargaon, jamdani looms and the knitwear port on the Shitalakshya
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Narsingdi Looms of Madhabdi, lotkon orchards and the ancient city of Wari-Bateshwar
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Rajbari Goalundo and Daulatdia: the Padma gateway of onions and jute
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Shariatpur Where the Padma meets the Meghna: Zajira, Kirtinasha and bibikhana pitha
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Tangail Tangail saree, Porabari chamcham and the sal forests of Madhupur
Khulna Division
10 districts-
Bagerhat Khan Jahan’s mosque city on the edge of the Sundarbans
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Chuadanga Border farmland of date molasses, betel leaf and the Darshana sugar mill
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Jashore The flower capital, home of date molasses and the Benapole gateway
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Jhenaidah Sultanate mosques, Naldanga temples and the giant banyan of Kaliganj
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Khulna River city of shrimp and the gateway to the Sundarbans
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Kushtia Land of Lalon and Tagore, tiler khaja and Kumarkhali handlooms
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Magura Raja Sitaram’s country of jute fields, pera sandesh and Khamarpara doi
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Meherpur Mujibnagar, where Bangladesh’s first government took its oath
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Narail S M Sultan’s Chitra river country, home of boat races and cricketers
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Satkhira Early mangoes, soft-shell crabs and the western Sundarbans
Mymensingh Division
4 districts-
Jamalpur Nakshi kantha country, between the Jamuna and the Old Brahmaputra
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Mymensingh Old Brahmaputra city of zamindar palaces, ballads and Muktagachha monda
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Netrokona Garo hills, china-clay lakes and haor country, with balish mishti on top
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Sherpur Garo hill forests, Tulshimala rice and chhanar payesh
Rajshahi Division
8 districts-
Bogura Ancient Pundranagar, sweet curd and the gateway to North Bengal
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Joypurhat Potatoes, arum stolons and the country's biggest sugar mill
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Naogaon Rice bowl of the Barind, home of Paharpur and Amrapali mangoes
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Natore Rani Bhabani's palaces, Chalan Beel and the sweet kacha golla
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Chapainawabganj Mango orchards, Gaur's sultanate mosques and the songs of gombhira
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Pabna Onions, litchis and ghee between the Padma and the Jamuna
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Rajshahi Silk City on the Padma, famous for mangoes, temples and learning
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Sirajganj Handlooms, milk and the bridges over the Jamuna
Rangpur Division
8 districts-
Dinajpur Terracotta temples, Kataribhog rice and the litchi capital of Bangladesh
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Gaibandha Char country on the Brahmaputra, home of rasmanjari and winter knitwear
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Kurigram Where the Brahmaputra enters Bangladesh, a land of rivers, chars and Bhawaiya
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Lalmonirhat Railway town, Teesta Barrage and the Tin Bigha Corridor on the northern border
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Nilphamari Old indigo country, Saidpur's railway workshop and the north's industrial edge
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Panchagarh Bangladesh's northern tip, with flatland tea gardens and Kanchenjunga on the horizon
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Rangpur Capital of the north, home of shataranji rugs, Haribhanga mangoes and Begum Rokeya
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Thakurgaon The wheat basket of Bangladesh, home of Suryapuri mangoes and a giant old mango tree
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