Noakhali

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Noakhali is a coastal district in southeastern Bangladesh, historically part of the Bengal region and known for its agrarian economy and vulnerability to cyclones and river erosion.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Noakhali District 4
Noakhali canonical 2
Noakhali district 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
district
administrativeCenter Maijdee
borderedBy Bay of Bengal
Bhola District
Chandpur District
Feni District
Lakshmipur District
Laxmipur Channel of the Meghna estuary
capital Maijdee Court
climate tropical monsoon climate
containsIsland Hatiya Island
Nijhum Dwip
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
economyType agrarian economy
gandhiVisitPurpose peace mission after 1946 communal violence
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
hasUpazila Begumganj Upazila
Chatkhil Upazila
Companiganj Upazila
Subarnachar Upazila
surface form: Hatiya Upazila

Kabirhat Upazila
Noakhali Sadar Upazila
Senbagh Upazila
Sonaimuri Upazila
Subarnachar Upazila
historicalProvince Eastern Bengal
surface form: East Bengal

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Pakistan
historicalRegion Bengal
knownFor cyclone vulnerability
fertile alluvial plains
river erosion
language Bengali
localDialect Noakhailla dialect
locatedIn Bengal
surface form: Bengal region

Chittagong Division
surface form: Chattogram Division

southeastern Bangladesh
majorEconomicActivity fishing
rice cultivation
vegetable farming
majorReligion Islam
minorityReligion Hinduism
naturalHazard riverbank erosion
storm surges
tropical cyclones
notableEvent Noakhali riots
surface form: Noakhali riots of 1946
partOf People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
timeZone Bangladesh Standard Time
traversedBy Dakatia River
Meghna
surface form: Meghna River
utcOffset +06:00
visitedBy Mahatma Gandhi

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Presidency contains Noakhali
Meghna formsBoundaryBetween Noakhali
subject surface form: Meghna River
this entity surface form: Noakhali District
Hatia locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Noakhali
this entity surface form: Noakhali District
Hatia partOf Noakhali
this entity surface form: Noakhali District
Chittagong Division containsDistrict Noakhali
this entity surface form: Noakhali District
Noakhali riots location Noakhali
this entity surface form: Noakhali district