Feni, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

🇧🇩 Feni (Bengali: ফেনী) is a city in the Chittagong Division of south-eastern Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Feni Sadar Upazila and Feni District. It is the 18th largest city in Bangladesh. Feni is the oldest municipality in this region, established in 1958.

History Feni City came into existence in 1929. It learned that in the long past, this area was under marshy land and meaning Feni. The continuous silting process made it possible for human habitation to be established, as a result of which people far and near called this area Feni.

Administration Feni city consists of a paurashava with 18 wards and 35 mahallas. The entire city is under paurashava.

Feni District has 6 upazilas, 6 thanas, 5 municipalities, 43 unions, 564 villages and 540 mouzas.

Geography Feni is located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh.

Economy The main occupation of the people of the district are agriculture & Foreign Remittance. The main source of incomes are: agriculture 21%, non-agricultural labourer 2.57%, industry 35%, commerce 15.98%, transport and communication 4.66%, construction 1.86%, religious service 0.43%, rent and remittance 11.53% and others 12.19%. There are two industrial areas in this district. Total number of heavy industries are 4, medium industries are 17, small industries are 826 and cottage industries are 3419. There is a gas field in Dhalia union of Feni sadar area. Total area of agriculture land is 75,922 hectares and arable land is 74,720 hectare.

Education The literacy rate (7 years and above 7 years) in Feni City is 81.7%.

There are many of degree college, 10 higher secondary colleges, one girls' cadet college, one polytechnic institute, one computer institute, 155 high schools, 19 junior secondary schools, 97 madrasas, one teachers training college, one primary teacher's training institute and 528 government primary schools. Major educational institutions are:

College • Feni Medical College (1997-2004) • Feni College • Alhaz Abdul Haque Chowdhury Degree College • Feni Girls' Cadet College • Shaheen Academy School & College • Hazari College

Diploma Institute • Feni Polytechnic Institute • Institute of Computer Science & Technology.Feni • Compact Polytechnic Institute • Feni Computer Institute.

Health There are one modern government general hospital, 5 upazila health complexes, one heart foundation hospital, one diabetic hospital, one chest disease clinic (tuberculosis), one trauma centre, one mother and child care centre, one nursing training institute, 19 union health centres, 33 union family care centres and 114 community clinics.

There was a private medical college named Feni Medical College from 1997 to 2004.

Transport There is direct connection to the district from Dhaka. Total length of national highway is 31 km (Dhaka-Chittagong) and 20 km (Feni-Noakhali). Total length of concrete road is 1044.85 km, half-concrete road is 87.96 km and dirt road is 2,132.96 km. Star line travels, S. Alam travels, Keya travels, Saudia travels, Shyamoli travels, Sohag travels, Unique travels, Green Line travels etc. are major inter-division bus travel agencies.

Mahanagar Pravati, Paharika, Meghna, Udayan, Mahanagar Godhuli. Turnanishitha, Chattagram Mail, Karnaphuli, Jalalabad, Sagarika and Mymensingh Express are the trains servicing the district to travel various district.