Administrative Districts
The Division is subdivided into four districts (zilas) and thence into 36 sub-districts (upazilas).
| Name | Capital | Area (km2) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habiganj District | Habiganj | 2,636.58 | 1,526,609 | 1,757,665 | 2,059,000 |
| Maulvi Bazar District | Maulvi Bazar | 2,799.39 | 1,376,566 | 1,612,374 | 1,902,000 |
| Sunamganj District | Sunamganj | 3,669.58 | 1,708,563 | 2,013,738 | 2,443,000 |
| Sylhet District | Sylhet | 3,490.40 | 2,153,301 | 2,555,566 | 3,404,000 |
| Total Division | Sylhet | 12,595.95 | 6,765,039 | 7,939,343 | 9,807,000 |
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