Maijdee

Maijdee Court (), or just Maijdee () is a city in Noakhali District, in south-eastern Bangladesh. It contains the administrative headquarters of Noakhali District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. The governing municipality, called Noakhali Municipality, had a population of 132,185 at the 2022 census, in an area of . It consists of 9 wards and 36 mahallas.

==Background== In 1948, the district headquarters at Sudharam, considered the main city of Noakhali, were submerged by the Meghna River. As a temporary measure, the affected population was relocated eight kilometers to the north to Maijdee. In 1953, the establishment of Noakhali Municipality was officially announced through a gazette notification. It encompassed various mouzas of Kadir Hanif Union, including the old town areas of Kalitara, Sonapur, and Maijdee. Concerns arose about the risk of Maijdee facing a similar fate due to river erosion, prompting authorities to consider relocating the headquarters again. However, protests by locals in the 1960s led to a decision to retain Maijdee as the district headquarters. Subsequently, Maijdee emerged as the new urban center of Noakhali.