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From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia The Chittagong
Hill Tracts (Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম Parbotto Chôṭṭogram) comprise an
area of 13,180 km2 in south-eastern Bangladesh, and borders India and
Myanmar (Burma). It was a single district of Bangladesh till 1984. In that
year it was divided into three separate districts: Khagrachari, Rangamati
and Bandarban. Topographically, this is the only hill intensive area of
Bangladesh.
Demography
According to the 1991 census the population was 974,447 of which 501,114
were tribals and the rest were from different communities. The indigenous
peoples, collectively known as the Jumma, include the Chakma, Marma, Tripura,
Tenchungya, Chak, Pankho, Mru, Murung, Bawm, Lushai, Khyang, Gurkha, Assam,
Santal and Khumi.[1]
The current population is between 1 million and 1.5 million.[citation
needed] About 50% of the population are tribals and mainly followers of
Theravada Buddhism. 48% of the inhabitants are Bengali Muslim settlers. The
remainder are followers of Hinduism, Christianity and Animism. [1]. At the
time of the partition of India in August, 1947 non MusIims constituted 98.5%
of the population of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Buddhists were 85%, Hindus
(mainly Tripuri tribe) 10%, Animists 3% and Muslims 1.5%
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The Chittagong
Hill Tracts (CHT) is a
distinct region in terms of its ethnic, cultural and environmental
diversity to the rest of Bangladesh ...
www.mochta.gov.bd/
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Chittagong
Hill Tracts (district,
Bangladesh),
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/.../Chittagong-Hill-Tracts
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This website contains information about the Chittagong
Hill Tract Commission
and its work and it provides access to the Commission's documents and
other ...
www.chtcommission.org/
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Most of these groups live in the Bandaran, Chittagong
Hill Tract and ... The
peoples of theChittagong
Hill Tracts are composed
of 13 main tribes of which ...
www.faqs.org/.../Chittagong-Hill-Tract-Tribes-of-Bangladesh.html
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Probably the longest running source of domestic violence
has been the tribal insurgency that has festered in the remote Chittagong
Hill Tracts (see ...
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Just about every nation in the world has its own special
way of bidding farewell to the old year, while welcoming the new. In
Bangladesh the indigenous ...
www.bangladesh.com/.../new-year-festivals-in-the-chittagong-hills-tracts
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4 Mar 2010 ... The Chittagong
Hill Tracts (CHTs) are
perhaps one of the most glaring ... TheChittagong
Hill tracts never gained
much prominence in the ...
refugeewatchonline.blogspot.com/.../chittagong-hill-tracts-living-in.html
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15 Apr 2009 ... Chittagong
Hill Tracts tourism and
travel information such as accommodation, festivals, transport, maps,
activities and attractions in ...
www.lonelyplanet.com/.../chittagong.../chittagong-hill-tracts
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