Comilla, officially known as Cumilla (Bengali: কুমিল্লা),[1] is a city in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh, located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District, part of the Chittagong Division. Comilla is the second-largest city of eastern Bangladesh after Chittagong[citation needed] and is one of the three oldest cities in Bangladesh.[citation needed]