Sylhet Division

Sylhet (Srihatta) division is the Northeastern division (bibhag) of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet. It is bounded by Meghalaya State of India on the north, Tripura State on the south, Assam State of India on the east and Dhaka and Chittagong divisions on the west.

In 1995, Sylhet was declared the 6th division of the country. Prior to that it was part of the Chittagong Division.

The Sylhet division is subdivided into four districts Habiganj, Maulovibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet. Further, the Sylhet division contains 35 sub-districts (upazila/thana), 323 unions Parishad, 10,185 villages and 14 municipalities Etc.

Population: approximately 10 million.