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Sunamganj Sadar (Sunamganj)

Local Gov

The district seat of Sunamganj on the Surma river, the administrative and market hub for the surrounding haor basin.

Wealth rank 174/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

  1. climate disaster As the low-lying district seat on the Surma, Sunamganj Sadar town and its haor hinterland are exposed to monsoon flooding, with the severe 2022 floods inundating the town itself. So what: Flooding paralyses the administrative hub that the whole district depends on. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  2. water Boro fields around the sadar rely on aging submersible embankments prone to breach when the haors fill early. So what: Embankment failure threatens the harvest feeding the district town's markets. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty Despite its administrative role, Sunamganj Sadar's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.125 sits in the 4th national decile (rank 174/452), showing the district seat is still poor by national standards. So what: Even the hub town offers households a thin economic cushion. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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