Rangamati

Introducing Rangamati

The elongated village of Rangamati, 77km east of Chittagong, is beautifully situated over a series of islands in Kaptai Lake and is, alongside Cox’s Bazar, the place every Bangladeshi wants to take their summer holidays. The town was originally laid out as an administrative centre and modern-day hill station in the 1960s, after the damming of the Karnaphuli River and though it has grown to encompass a large area it hasn’t lost its small town vibe. Even so the real charm of Rangamati lies not in the town itself but rather in the lush, undulating and verdant surrounding countryside.

The vast majority of Adivasis here are Chakma, and much of their ancestral land is flooded by the lake. The population of the town is, however, overwhelmingly Bangladeshi.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009