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Betagi Municipality is situated within the Betagi Sub-District (Upazila) in Barguna District (Zila), which is under Barishal Division. The geographical coordinates of Betagi are between 22º 09.45' and 22º 11.52' N and between 90º 11.55' and 90º 13.12' east longitude . It is bordered on the north by the Upazilas of Bakerganj and Rajapur, on the south by the Upazila of Barguna Sadar, on the east by the Upazila of Mirzaganj, and on the west by the Upazilas of Kanthalia and Bamna. According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the Betagi city population was 10,204 the urban population growth in Betagi is 2.0% per year. As per information obtained from a Key Informant Interview (KII) with the Executive Engineer of Betagi Municipality, the present population is around 12,930.
The city does not have a dedicated sewerage system and most sanitation systems available in the town are classified as onsite systems (99.5%). The main types of toilet facilities are septic tanks connected to a soak pit, to an open drain, to a water body or to open ground, lined tanks or lined pits, with no outlet or overflow and unlined pits.
The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only twenty one percent (21%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining seventy nine percent (79%) is classified as unsafely managed.
CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2023). SFD (level 1) Report - Betagi Municipality, Bangladesh. CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE
English Politicians and local decision makers Practitioners SFD Report South Asia
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