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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT, '; Bengali: পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম, ''Parbatya Chatyagraam''; '), or the Hill Tracts for short, is an area within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma). Covering , they formed a single district until 1984, when they were divided into three districts: Khagrachari District, Rangamati Hill District, and Bandarban District. Topographically, the Hill Tracts are the only extensively hilly area in Bangladesh. With Ladakh, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, they constitute one of the few remaining abodes of Buddhism in South Asia. ==Geography== Hill Tracts (CHT) the only extensive hilly area in Bangladesh lies in southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering Myanmar on the southeast, the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Mizoram on the east and Chittagong district on the west. The area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts is about 13,184 km2, which is approximately one-tenth of the total area of Bangladesh. The Chittagong Hill Tracts, combining three hilly districts of Bangladesh Rrangamati, khagrachhari and Bandarban districts.〔Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs http://www.mochta.gov.bd/〕 The mountainous rugged terrain with deep forests, gives it a diverse character from rest of Bangladesh 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chittagong Hill Tracts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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