What is Chittagong Hill Tracts?
[[Image:Flag_of_the_Chittagong_Hill_Tracts_Shanti_Bahini.svg|thumb|Flag of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Shanti Bahini]] [[Image:Chittagong Hill Tracts location.svg|thumb|Map of CHT]] The '''Chittagong Hill Tracts''' (Bengali:পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম), (Parbotto Chôṭṭogram) comprise an area of 13,189 km2 in south-eastern [[Bangladesh]]. The area forms the border of Bangladesh with the [[Republic of India]] and Burma. It was a single district of [[Bangladesh#History|East Pakistan]] till 1971. In that year it was divided into three separate districts: Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban. [[Topography|Topographically]], this is the only hill intensive area of the [[People's Republic]]. With a population of Around 800,000 Indigenous peoples (Native (non-Bengali). The Chittagong Hill Tracts is one of the most diverse regions in the country in terms of geography, ethnicity, culture and traditions of the people. The indigenous distinct Jumma people are distinct and different from the majority [[Bengali people]] of present-day ''Bangla-desh'' in respect of race, language, culture, heritage, religion, political history and economy. When [[Partition of India|India was split]] into two separate countries in 1948, the [[Radcliffe Line]] gave this area to East Pakistan (Bangladesh), which was mostly Muslim, even though most people in the area were [[Buddhism in Bangladesh|Buddhist]]s. Today most people are Buddhist, some Christians and animists. The major ethnic groups among 13 peoples are the Chakma, Tipra, Murong and Magh, Marma, Tanchangya, Mro, Lushai, Khumi, Chak, Khiyang, Bawm, Pangkhua and with the Ten indigenous languages. Beside, a very small number of descendants of Ahamiya, Gorkha and Santal also live there. They collectively identify themselves as the Jumma people (High Landers), the first people of the CHT.but almost 50% of the present day's population are immigrated Bengali Muslim settlers. Since the Independence of Bangla-Desh the indigenous population was faced with increasing immigration of settlers from the mainlan