Patenga Thana
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Patenga
পতেঙ্গা | |
|---|---|
  Patenga Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 22°15′30″N 91°48′00″E / 22.25833°N 91.80000°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| District | Chittagong District |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 164,019 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 4204[3] |
| Area code | 031[4] |
| Website | Official map of Patenga |
Patenga (Bengali: পতেঙ্গা) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.[5] Patenga is known as the Golden gateway of Bangladesh. For over thousands of years traders from all over the world including Portuguese, British, French, Roman came to this land entering through patenga
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Patenga Thana had 42,884 households and a population of 164,019. 8.83% of the population were under 5 years of age. Patenga had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 84.82%: 86.87% for males and 82.55% for females, and a sex ratio of 109.79 males for every 100 females.[6]
