CHITTAGONG  , a seaport of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, giving its name to a See also:

• DISTRICT

district and two divisions of Eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam . It is situated on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Karnaphuli See also:

• RIVER

river, about 12 M. from its mouth . It is the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the Assam-Bengal railway . The municipal See also:

• AREA

area covers about 9 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 22,140 . The See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne exports consist chiefly of jute, other items being See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, raw See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice and hides . There is also a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade by See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country boats, bringing chiefly cotton, rice, spices, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . Since See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1905 Chittagong has become the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PORT

port of the new See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Eastern Bengal and Assam . The DISTRICT OF CHITTAGONG is situated at the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east corner of the province, occupying a See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and hills between the sea and the mountains of See also:

• BURMA

Burma . Its area is 2492 sq. m . In 1901 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 1,353.250, showing an increase of 5 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . A few unimportant ranges rise within the north-eastern portion, the highest See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill being the sacred Sitakund, 1155 ft. high .

The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are the Karnaphuli, on which Chittagong See also:

• TOWN

town is situated, navigable by sea-going See also:

• SHIPS

ships as far as Chittagong port, and by large trading boats for a considerable distance higher up, and the Halda and the Sangu, which are also navigable by large boats . The See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals are tigers, elephants, See also:

• RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros, leopards and See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is comparatively cool, owing to the sea See also:

• BREEZE

breeze which prevails during the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day; but for the same See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere is very moist, with heavy dews at See also:

• NIGHT

night and fogs . Chittagong was ceded to the East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company by See also:

• NAWAB

Nawab Mir Kasim in 176o . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern portion of the district is traversed by the Assam-Bengal railway . Tea cultivation is moderately successful . The CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS formed an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent district from 186o to 1891, were then reduced to the status of a sub-See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, but were again created a district in 1900 . They occupy the ranges between Chittagong proper and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Lushai hills . The area covers 5138 sq. m . In 1901 the population was 124,762, showing an increase of 16 % in the decade . The inhabitants, who are either Arakanese or aboriginal tribes, are almost all Buddhists . The See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-quarters are at Rangamati, which was wrecked by the See also:

• CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone of October 1897 .

The DIVISION OF CHITTAGONG lies at the north-east corner of the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Bengal, extending northward along the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the See also:

• MEGHNA

Meghna . It consists of the districts of Chittagong, the Hill Tracts, See also:

• NOAKHALI

Noakhali and See also:

• TIPPERA (Tripura)

Tippera . Its area covers 11,773 sq. m.; the population in 1901 was 4,737,731 .