Chandanish, Chittagong, Bangladesh

★★★★★Chandanish is one of the first inhabitant of the early settlers of Chittagong. Muslim traders and preachers from the then Islamic worlds had been settling in Chittagong due to the close proximity of Chandanish from the river Karnaphuli. However, the Muslim settlement was permanently established when the medieval Islamic invasion occurred in Chittagong. Chandanish was previously part of Patiya upazila. In 1976, Chandanish was separated from Patiya and established as Chandanish thana and in 1983 it became an upazila. ★★★★★Chandanish is located at 22°12′40″N92°02′30″E / 22.2111°N 92.0417°E . It has 30,189 households and a total area of 201.99 km². ★★★★★According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chandanish had a population of 172,843. Males constituted 51.27% of the population, and females 48.73%. The population aged 18 or over was 81,653. Chandanish had an average literacy rate of 33.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.