Geographical Location and History of Noakhali District

Geography - Noakhali District is located in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. It has a land area of 3600.99 km² and is bounded by the comilla District in North, The Meghna estuary and Bay of Bengal in the Soutn, feni and Chittagong District in the East, Lakshmipur and Bhola districk in the west. The District`s annual average temperature ranges from maximum of 34.3 °C to a minimum of 14.4 °C. Its annual rainfall is 3302 mm. Its main rivers are the Bamni and Meghna.

History - The ancient name of Noakhali is Bhulua. In the 1660`s, the agricultural activities of the north-Easter region of Bhulua were seriously afected by floodwater of the Dakatia River following from the Tripura hills. To salvage the situation, a canal was dug in 1660 that ran from the Dakatia through Ramganj, Sonaimuri and Chaumuhani to divert water flow to the junction of the river Meghna and Feni. After excavating this long canal, Bhulua was renamed "Noakhalo" after Noa => New, and Khal => Canal in 1668. The Noakhali districk was created in 1821.
Since 1790, Noakhali District was seriously affected many times by natural digasters including high tidal bores, Tornadoes, flooding and cyclones. In 1970 devastating Tornado and Tidal bore took the lives of about 3 (three) lac people of the district.
During the war of liberation many direct and guerilla encounters took place  between the Pakistan Armed Forces and Independence fighters. About 70 (Seventy) Independence Fighters were killed in a direct encounter with the Pakistan Army on 15 June 1971, in front of the Sonapur Ahmadia School. Noakhali was Liberated on 07 December 1971. For More You may Visit http://earningtricks2u.blogspot.com