Kaptai Upazila
Kaptai is an upazila of Rangamati District in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The name of the Kaptai was derived from the Tripuri word "Kaptetoima". It is said that in the past, the river was wild and full of tropical flora and fauna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 55,400 residents
- Description: upazila in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
- Also known as: “Kaptai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaptai Dam.
Kaptai Dam
Dam
Kaptai Dam is on the Karnaphuli River at Kaptai, 65 km upstream from Chittagong in Rangamati District, Bangladesh. It is an earth-fill embankment dam with a reservoir with water storage capacity of 6,477 million cubic metres.
Kaptai Upazila
- Category: upazila of Bangladesh
- Location: Rangamati District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kaptai Upazila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كافتاي”
- Bengali: “কাপ্তাই উপজেলা”
- Bengali: “কাপ্তাই”
- Bishnupriya: “কাপ্তাই উপজিলা”
- Cebuano: “Kaptai”
- Chinese: “Kaptai Tìn”
- Chinese: “卡普塔伊烏帕齊拉”
- French: “Kaptai”
- Hindi: “काप्ताइ उपज़िला”
- Italian: “Kaptai”
- Japanese: “カプタイ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kaptai Tìn”
- Persian: “کاپتای”
- Persian: “کپتای”
- Spanish: “Kaptai”
- Swedish: “Kaptai”
- Urdu: “کاپتائی ذیلی ضلع”
- Western Panjabi: “کاپتائی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaptai and Chowdhuri Chāra.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sītāpahār Reserved Forest and New Reserved Forest.
Chittagong Division: Must-Visit Destinations
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