Chhatak is a town in northeastern Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, on the Surma River

Surma River

The Surma River is a major river in Bangladesh, part of the Surma-Meghna River System. It starts when the Barak River from northeast India divides at the Bangladesh border into the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers. It ends in Kishoreganj District, above Bhairab Bazar, where the two rivers rejoin to...

, Sunamganj district, Sylhet division

Sylhet Division

Sylhet Division , also known as Greater Sylhet or Sylhet region, is the northeastern division of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet...

. It has a population of 34,498 and an area of 9.24 km². Chhatak expanded rapidly following the discovery of a natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 field nearby in 1959. As well as the work generated in extracting gas, the town also has a number of industries powered by natural gas, including the largest cement

Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...

 plant in Bangladesh (due to go into production at the end of 2005).

Geography

Chhatak Upazila

Chhatak Upazila

Chhatak is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Chhatak is located at . It has 43727 units of house hold and total area 434.76 km².-Demographics:...

 (Sunamganj district) with an area of 434.76 km², is bounded by Dowarabazar Upazila

Dowarabazar Upazila

Dowarabazar is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Dowarabazar is located at . It has 27112 units of house hold and total area 281.4 km².-Demographics:...

 on the north, Jagannathpur

Jagannathpur Upazila

Jagannathpur is an upazila located in the district of Sunamganj in the division of Sylhet, north east of Bangladesh. The upazila is boundaried by Chhatak in the north, to the east Bishwanath, to the south east is Balaganj, Nabiganj on the south, to the west Derai and Sunamganj Sadar in the north...

 upazila on the south, Companiganj

Companiganj Upazila, Sylhet

Companiganj is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Companiganj is located at . It has 13620 units of house hold and total area 278.55 km².-Demographics:...

, Sylhet Sadar Upazila

Sylhet Sadar Upazila

Sylhet Sadar is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Sylhet Sadar is located at . It has 86074 units of house hold and total area 517.43 km². The city of Sylhet is located within central of Sylhet Sadar....

, and Bishwanath Upazila

Bishwanath Upazila

Bishwanath is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.-Geography:Bishwanath is located at . It has 26346 units of house hold and total area 214.5 km².-Demographics:...

 on the east, Sunamganj sadar upazila on the west. Main river: Surma

Surma

Surma may refer to:* Surma — a beast which guards the gates of the Underworld;* Surma people — a pastoralist ethnic group in western Ethiopia;* Kohl — another name for the eyelash dye and eye cosmetic;...

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It has got 13 Unions.

Politics

Two main political parties Awamileague and BNP representative serving Chhatak since 1996. Current MP Muhibur Rahman Manik is representing Awamileague. Kalim Uddin Ahmed Milon of BNP served from 2001-2007 as an MP for Chhatak Dowarabazar parliamentary constituency.