Bandarban
DistrictBandarban
(Bengali:বান্দরবান) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh,
and a part of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bandarban is
regarded as one of the most attractive travel destinations in Bangladesh.
Bandarban (meaning the dam of monkeys), or in Marma or Arakanese
language as "Rwa-daw Mro" is also known as Arvumi or the Bohmong
Circle (of the rest of the three hill districts Rangamati is the Chakma Circle
and Khagrachari is the Mong Circle). Bandarban town is the home town of the
Bohmong Chief (currently King, or Raja, Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury) who is the
head of the Marma population. It also is the administrative headquarter of
Bandarban district, which has turned into one of the most exotic tourist
attractions in Bangladesh since the insurgency in Chittagong Hill Tracts has
ceased more than a decade back.