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Pages in category "Cities and towns in Thane district". The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Major cities. There are eleven major cities in Bangladesh that are governed by twelve city corporations, which include Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Chattogram, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Barisal, Cumilla, Gazipur and Narayanganj. Among these, Dhaka is a megacity, governed by two city corporations, and has a population of more ...
Upazila. An upazila ( Bengali: উপজেলা, romanized : upajēlā, lit. 'sub-district' pronounced: ['upɘdʒeːlaː] ), formerly called thana, is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries.
Thane district (Pronunciation: , previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India.At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, in August 2014 the district was split into two with the creation of a new Palghar district, leaving the reduced Thane district with a 2011 Census population of ...
Local government in Bangladesh; Category: Unitary state: Location: Bangladesh: Number: 8 Divisional Commissionerates; 64 District Councils; 495 Sub-district Councils 4,573 Union Councils; 329 Town Councils; 12 City Councils; Populations: 3,212 (Union Councils) – 36,054,418 [citation needed] Areas: 9 km 2 (Union Councils) – 7,468 km 2 ...
The Constitution of Bangladesh states that local government bodies will consist of elected representatives but this has rarely been the case in history. Administrative structure. The deputy commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") of the district became the ex officio chairman of the district council.
Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).
Thane is one of the 36 districts in the Maharashtra state of India.The district is on the western coast and falls under the Konkan division of the state.. Until 1 August 2014 the district was divided into 15 talukas, viz. Thane, Kalyan, Murbad, Bhiwandi, Shahapur, Vasai, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Dahanu, Palghar, Talasari, Jawhar, Mokhada, Vada, Boisar and Vikramgad.