6 SYLHET RANGPUR DHAKA RAJSHAHI JESSORE COMILLA PABNA FARIDPUR DINAJPUR BOGRA MYMENSINGH TANGAIL KUSHTIA NOAKHALI BARISAL JAMALPUR CHITTAGONG RANGAMATI BANDARBAN KHAGRACHARI KISHOREGANJ PATUAKHALI KHULNA BAY OF BENGAL 2 1 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 INDIA INDIA MYANMAR (BURMA) BHUTAN INDIA CHINA NEPAL Khulna Dhaka Chittagong !! ! ! 92° 92° 90° 90° 88° 88° 26° 26° 24° 24° 22° 22° 0 100 50 KILOMETERS 0 100 50 MILES Explanation Coalfield District boundary Bangladesh analytical data Major city ! Bangladesh Coalfields 1 Barapukuria area 2 Phulbari basin 3 Khalaspir basin 4 Nawabgonj basin 5 Dighipara basin 6 Dangapara basin 7 Jamalganj basin 8 Lamakata- Bhangarghat area 9 Patiya area Data for 1-7 from Muller (2009), Fig. 1; Data for 8 from Landis and others (1991), Fig. 3; Data for 9 from Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (2009) (approximate location; not included in GIS download file) On January 25, 2010 boundaries and names of many districts and upazilas (subdistricts) in Bangladesh were changed. However, district and upazila names used in the text of this report predate the changes made in 2010. For this reason we show the configu- ration of names and boundaries that existed prior to January 2010 on this map. Figure 3: Coalfields within the districts of Bangladesh