Sitakundo, Chattogram

Sitakunda is an upazila in Chattogram district. Sitakunda is one of the earliest human settlements in Bangladesh. Talking about the history, it was dominated by the Buddhist monarchs from Myanmar in the east and Muslim rulers from Bengal in the west. The Dhaka-Chittagong highway and railway play an important role in Sitakunda’s economic growth.

Sitakunda is primarily agricultural, but it also possesses the world’s biggest ship breaking business. The sector has been accused of failing to protect workers’ rights, particularly in terms of workplace safety and child labor. Sitakunda is known for its many Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist shrines. It contains 280 mosques, 49 Hindu temples, 8 mazars, 4 ashrams, and 3 Buddhist temples. Among its prominent religious monuments are the Chandranath temple, Vidarshana Ram vihara, and Hammadyar mosque. Sitakunda, geographical structure 70 kilometers long, 10 kilometers wide, is one of the westernmost structures of Chattogram and Chattogram Hill Tracts, bordered by the Feni river in the north, the Karnaphuli river in the south, the Halda river in the east, and the Sandwip Channel in the west.

Sitakunda as a thana was established in 1879 and renamed Sitakunda Upazila in 1983. Out of Chittagong’s 26 upazilas and thanas, it is the third largest in terms of land and the sixth most populous. Sitakunda town, consists of 28.63 square kilometers, and a population of 36650 people, is the administrative headquarters in Sitakunda upazila.