Guimara Upazila

Guimara গুইমারা উপজেলা
Upazila
Coordinates: 22°57′35″N 91°52′05″E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Khagrachhari
Area
• Total	243.46 km2 (94.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	53,258
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Guimara Upazila (Bengali: গুইমারা উপজেলা) is an upazila (sub-district) of Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

History

Guimara Upazila was established as an upazila on 30 November 2020. As of 2020, the administrative building has not been built. The upazila is administered from Guimara Union Parishad Complex Bhaban due to the lack of a purpose built administrative building. Brigadier General Mohammad Shahriar Jaman is the commander of the Guimara region.

Administration

UNO: Rajeeb Chowdhury.

It has an area of 243.46 km2.

The upazila has three unions:

• Guimara Union
• Halfchari Union
• Sindukchhari Union

Demographics

Religions in Guimara Upazila (2022)
Religion			Percent
Buddhism			46.74%
Islam			30.60%
Hinduism			22.51%
Christianity			0.12%
Other or not stated			0.03%

As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, what is now Guimara upazila had a population of 53,258. The ethnic population was 34,303 (64.41%), of which Marma were 20,293, Tripura were 10,007, and Chakma 3,927.

Ethnicity in Guimara (2022)

  Marma (38.1%)

  Bengali (35.59%)

  Tripura (18.79%)

  Chakma (7.37%)

  Others (0.15%)