Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is located in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Bangladesh along the Sitakunda coastal strip, north-west of Chittagong. Handling about a fifth of the world’s total, it is the world's largest ship breaking industry, employs over 200,000 Bangladeshis, and accounts for around one-half of all the steel in Bangladesh. In 1960, after a severe cyclone, the Greek ship "M D Alpine" was stranded on the shores of Sitakunda, Chittagong. It could not be re-floated and so remained there for several years. In 1965, Chittagong Steel House bought the ship and had it scrapped. It took
Chittagong District a lot of attacks by Portuguese pirates. The Mughals established Chittagong as a district in 1666. The Chittagong Hill Tracts were separated from Chittagong in 1860.In 1947, Chittagong came under Pakistan and became part a district of East Pakistan. Port of Chittagong was a big spot for exports and imports of Pakistan. After the liberation of Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar District was separated in 1984. There are 15 upazilas and 15 thanas (the latter under Chittagong Municipal area) within Chittagong District. The upazilas are: The thanas are: Chittagong District has 13148 mosques, 1025 Hindu temples, 535 Buddhist temples and 192 churches.