List of city corporations in Bangladesh
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There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.[1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 7 divisional cities, with 3 others. They perform a variety of socio-economic and civic functions.[2]
List of city mayors
[edit]| City | Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barishal | Divisional Commissioner of Barishal | 19 August 2024 | Administrator of Interim government | |
| Chittagong | Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Comilla | Director General of BARD | 19 August 2024 | ||
| North Dhaka | Director General of LGD | 19 August 2024 | ||
| South Dhaka | Addl. Secretory of LGD | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Gazipur | Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Khulna | Divisional Commissioner of Khulna | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Mymensingh | Divisional Commissioner of Mymensingh | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Narayanganj | Addl. Secretory of LGD | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Rajshahi | Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Rangpur | Divisional Commissioner of Rangpur | 19 August 2024 | ||
| Sylhet | Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet | 19 August 2024 |
List of city corporations
[edit]| City corporation | Abbreviation | Mayor | Cities | Division | Population 2022[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barishal City Corporation | BCC | Administrator | TBD | Barishal | Barishal | 419,351 | |
| Chattogram City Corporation | CCC | Chattogram | Chattogram | 3,227,246 | |||
| Comilla City Corporation | COCC | Comilla | 439,414 | ||||
| Dhaka North City Corporation | DNCC | Dhaka | Dhaka | 5,979,537 | |||
| Dhaka South City Corporation | DSCC | 4,299,345 | |||||
| Gazipur City Corporation | GCC | Gazipur | 2,674,697 | ||||
| Narayanganj City Corporation | NCC | Narayanganj | 967,724 | ||||
| Khulna City Corporation | KCC | Khulna | Khulna | 718,735 | |||
| Mymensingh City Corporation | MCC | Mymensingh | Mymensingh | 576,722 | |||
| Rajshahi City Corporation | RCC | Rajshahi | Rajshahi | 552,791 | |||
| Rangpur City Corporation | RaCC | Rangpur | Rangpur | 708,384 | |||
| Sylhet City Corporation | SCC | Sylhet | Sylhet | 532,426 | |||
City council
[edit]The City Council of Bangladesh is a city corporation's ward representatives who are elected by popular vote and are known as councillors. Councilors carry out the developmental works of their elected wards and perform the functions of local government and assist the City Mayor in all works under the City Corporation and carry out his orders.
City Council of Bangladesh | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Preceded by | Municipality |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Total 640 City Council Seats of 12 City Corporations |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Gallery
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DSCC -
CCC -
RCC -
BCC -
COCC -
KCC -
MCC -
GCC
Former city corporations
[edit]- Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Muzzini, Elisa; Aparicio, Gabriela (2013). Bangladesh: The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8213-9865-4.
- ^ "Case Studies of Decentralization: Bangladesh" (PDF). Division DU Development.
- ^ "Chapter 4, Urban area report, Housing and Population census 2011" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau Of Statistics (BBS).
| Divisions |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Districts | ||
| Subdistricts | ||
| Local Councils | ||
| Lowest level units | ||
 Elections to the City Corporations of Bangladesh | |
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| Dhaka | |
| Barisal | |
| Chittagong | |
| Comilla | |
| Gazipur | |
| Khulna | |
| Mymensingh | |
| Narayanganj | |
| Rajshahi | |
| Rangpur | |
| Sylhet | |
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