The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila (Bengali: jela).

The
districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts or towns, or upazila ( upojela).
The district are run by a Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") who is
appointed by the government from aDeputy secretary of B.C.S. Administration Cadre.
The districts are listed below in alphabetical order by division. The official English name of each
district is followed by the official Bengali name in parentheses, using both the Bengali
script and Romanization adopted for Wikipedia:

District

Cox's Bazar
District

Bangla

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

Chittagong 2275

2492

913

Barguna District

Barisal

882

1831

481

Barisal District

Barisal

2291

2785

823

Bhola District

Barisal

1758

3403

517

Jhalokati District

Barisal

596

749

795

Patuakhali
District

Barisal

1517

3221

471

Pirojpur District

Barisal

1103

1308

844

Bandarban
District

Chittagong 383

4479

86

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

District

Bangla

Brahmanbaria
District

Chittagong 2808

1927

1457

Chandpur
District

Chittagong 2393

1704

1404

Chittagong
District

Chittagong 7509

5283

1421

Comilla District

Chittagong 5304

3085

1719

Feni District

Chittagong 1420

928

1530

Khagrachhari
District

Chittagong 608

2700

225

Lakshmipur
District

Chittagong 1711

1456

1175

Noakhali District

Chittagong 3072

3601

853

Rangamati
District

Chittagong 596

6116

97

Dhaka District

Dhaka

11875

1464

8111

Dhaka

1867

2073

901

Faridpur District

District

Bangla

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

Gazipur District

Dhaka

3333

1800

1852

Gopalganj
District

Dhaka

1149

1490

771

Jamalpur
District

Dhaka

2265

2032

1115

Kishoreganj
District

Dhaka

2853

2689

1061

Madaripur
District

Dhaka

1149

1145

1004

Manikganj
District

Dhaka

1379

1379

1000

Munshiganj
District

Dhaka

1420

955

1487

Mymensingh
District

Dhaka

5042

4363

1156

Narayanganj
District

Dhaka

2897

700

4139

Narsingdi
District

Dhaka

2202

1141

1930

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

District

Bangla

Netrakona
District

Dhaka

2207

2810

786

Rajbari District

Dhaka

1040

1119

929

Shariatpur
District

Dhaka

1146

1182

970

Sherpur District

Dhaka

1334

1364

978

Tangail District

Dhaka

3571

3414

1046

Bagerhat
District

Khulna

1461

3959

369

Chuadanga
District

Khulna

1123

1177

954

Jessore District

Khulna

2742

2567

1068

Jhenaidah
District

Khulna

1756

1961

895

Khulna District

Khulna

2294

4394

522

Kushtia District

Khulna

1933

1601

1207

District

Bangla

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

Magura District

Khulna

913

1049

871

Meherpur
District

Khulna

652

716

910

Narail District

Khulna

715

990

722

Khulna

1973

3858

511

Satkhira District

Bogra District

Rajshahi

3371

2920

1154

Joypurhat
District

Rajshahi

909

965

942

Naogaon
District

Rajshahi

2576

3436

750

Natore District

Rajshahi

1696

1896

894

Nawabganj
District

Rajshahi

1635

1703

960

Pabna District

Rajshahi

2497

2372

1053

Rajshahi

2573

2407

1069

Rajshahi District

District

Bangla

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

Sirajganj District

Rajshahi

3072

2498

1230

Dinajpur District

Rangpur

2970

3438

864

Gaibandha
District

Rangpur

2349

2179

1078

Kurigram
District

Rangpur

2050

2296

893

Lalmonirhat
District

Rangpur

1249

1241

1006

Nilphamari
District

Rangpur

1820

1580

1152

Panchagarh
District

Rangpur

981

1405

698

Rangpur District

Rangpur

2866

2368

1210

Thakurgaon
District

Rangpur

1380

1810

762

Sylhet

2059

2637

781

Habiganj District

District

Bangla

Divisio
n

Population
(thousands)[1]

Area
(km2)[1]

Population density
(people/km2)[1]

Maulvibazar
District

Sylhet

1902

2799

679

Sunamganj
District

Sylhet

2443

3670

666

Sylhet District

Sylhet

3404

3490

975