Matubhuiyan Union
Matubhuiyan is a union parishad under Daganbhuiyan Upazila, Feni District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.[1] It was established in 1959.[2]
Matubhuiyan Union has a total area of 2,702 acres (1,093 ha).[1] The Chotta Feni River flows south through the union. Matubhuiyan Union is divided into 10 mauzas: Ashrafpur, Dakshin Dharmmapur, Dakshin Lalpur, Krishna Rampur, Maheshpur, Mamarizpur, Paschim Hirapur, Ramanandapur, Salamnagar (Lakhanpur), and Uttar Alipur.[1]
Notable residents
- Abdus Salam, a martyr of the Bengali Language Movement, was born in Lakhanpur village in 1925.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Population Census 2011: Chittagong Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ↑ এক নজরে ৭নং মাতুভূঞা ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ [Matubhuiyan Union at a Glance]. Matubhuiyan Union (in Bangla).
- ↑ Akhter, Shahida (2012). "Salam, Abdus2". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ "Nothing has been done to keep memory of language hero Salam alive". bdnews24.com. February 16, 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
Coordinates: 22°56′55″N 91°19′48″E / 22.9486°N 91.3299°E
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