Moju Chowdhury Hat

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Moju Chowdhury Hat
মজু চৌধুরীর হাট
Small Town and Transit
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Moju Chowdhury Hat at Sunrise.
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Moju Chowdhury Hat
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°52′26″N90°47′02″E / 22.87389°N 90.78389°E / 22.87389; 90.78389
Country Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Lakshmipur District
Upazila Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila
Founded1965
Government
 • ChairmanAbu Yousuf
Area
 • Total68.42 km2 (26.42 sq mi)
Population
100,000
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
3700
Website charramonimohonup.lakshmipur.gov.bd

Moju Chowdhury Hat (Bengali : মজু চৌধুরীর হাট) [1] is a market village and tourist center in Charramani Mohan Union [2] of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila in southeastern Bangladesh. [3] According to Banglapedia , [4] the sluice gate on Lakshmipur Khal (canal) is a tourist attraction [5] and a transport hub in southeastern Bangladesh, [6] with over 10,000 travelling passengers per day. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Contents

Geography

The village is on the north bank of Lakshmipur Khal near where it meets the Meghna River. [11] [12]

Transport

National highway [13] N809 is interrupted at Moju Chowdhury Hat by the Meghna River. The village is the southern terminus of the northern segment of the highway, which connects to Laksmipur, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away. [14] [15]

There is a ferry ghat (terminal) at Moju Chowdhury Hat. In 2011, The Daily Star reported that unsafe vessels sail the dangerous waters of the Meghna from the village. [16] [17] [18] [19]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ চররমনী মোহন ইউনিয়ন. Charramoni Mohon Union (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  3. ↑ "Upazila Map: Upazila Laxmipur Sadar" (PDF). Local Government Engineering Department. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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