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Alekkhyong Union

union of Bandarban District, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ13149757 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alekyong Union is a union of Rowangchhari Upazila under Bandarban District.

Demography

According to 2022 census, total population of the Union are 6,020. Among them, 371 are Muslim, 4,558 are Buddhist, 1,006 are Christian, 75 are Hindu and 1,653 are others.

Ethnicity

This Union is home to a variety of different ethnic groups. Among them, 607 are Bengali, 2,387 are Marma, 764 are Tripura and 2,252 are of others ethnic groups.

Editorial summary

“Alekkhyong Union” enters the record as union of Bandarban District, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Alekkhyong, Union and union can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Alekkhyong, Union and union.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Alekkhyong Union” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Alekkhyong, Union and union provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13149757. Authority coordinates are 22.233, 92.367. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Alekkhyong Union”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Alekkhyong Union primary sources, Alekkhyong Union archive and Alekkhyong research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Alekkhyong Union”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Alekkhyong Union” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.