Cantonment

A cantonment (,, or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial era). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Cavazos.

The word cantonment, derived from the French word canton, meaning corner or district, refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, while the Duke of Wellington's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were cantoned, or stationed, to the south of Brussels.

Afghanistan
The former Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was the site of the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery.

Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel as well as headquarters for different army units. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments:


 * Alikadam Cantonment, Bandarban
 * Bandarban Cantonment, Bandarban
 * Bangladesh Military Academy, Chittagong
 * Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong
 * Comilla Cantonment, Comilla
 * Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
 * Dighinala Cantonment, Khagrachari
 * Halishahar Cantonment, Chittagong
 * Jahanabad Cantonment, Khulna
 * Jahangirabad Cantonment, Bogra
 * Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet
 * Jamuna Cantonment, Tangail
 * Jessore Cantonment, Jessore
 * Kaptai Cantonment, Kaptai
 * Khagrachari Cantonment, Khagrachari
 * Kholahati Cantonment, Dinajpur
 * Majhira Cantonment, Bogra
 * Mawa Cantonment, Louhajong, Munshigonj
 * Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka
 * Mymensingh Cantonment, Mymensingh
 * Padma Cantonment, Shariatpur
 * Postogola Cantonment, Dhaka
 * Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore
 * Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur
 * Rajshahi Cantonment, Rajshahi
 * Ramu Cantonment, Cox's Bazar
 * Rangamati Cantonment, Rangamati
 * Rangpur Cantonment, Rangpur
 * Saidpur Cantonment, Nilphamari
 * Savar Cantonment, Dhaka
 * Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment, Ghatail
 * Sheikh Hasina Cantonment, Lebukhali, Barisal-Patuakhali

India
Several cities in the Indian subcontinent, including Ahmedabad, Ambala, Bellary, Belgaum, Bangalore, Danapur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Bathinda, Delhi, Meerut, Pune, Ramgarh, Secunderabad, and Trichy, contained large cantonments of the former British Indian Army, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in Northern India, second only to the headquarters at Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). Meerut was established in 1803, and for 150 years was the largest cantonment in the region. Although cantonments in India were considered to be semi-permanent in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the turn of the 20th century they had transitioned to being permanent garrisons. They were further entrenched as such, via the military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the Cantonments Act of 1924.

There are sixty-one "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres: twenty-five in Central Command, nineteen in Southern Command, thirteen in Western Command, four in Eastern Command, and one in Northern Command. Major cantonments and garrisons include the following:

Notified Cantonments

 * 1) Agra Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 2) Ahmedabad Cantonment, Gujarat, Southern Command
 * 3) Ahmednagar Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 4) Ajmer Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command
 * 5)  Almora Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 6) Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, Western Command
 * 7) Amritsar Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
 * 8) Aurangabad Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 9) Ayodhya Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 10) Babina Cantonment, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command
 * 11) Badamibagh Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Command
 * 12) Bakloh Cantonment, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 13) Bareilly Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 14) Barrackpore, West Bengal, Eastern Command
 * 15) Belgaum Cantonment, Karnataka, Southern Command
 * 16) Bellary Cantonment, Karnataka, Southern Command
 * 17) Chakrata Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 18) Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 19) Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 20) Dalhousie Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 21) Danapur Cantonment, Bihar, Central Command
 * 22) Dehradun Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 23) Dehu Road Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 24) Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Western Command
 * 25) Deolali Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 26) Dum Dum Cantonment, West Bengal, Eastern Command
 * 27) Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 28) Ferozepur Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
 * 29) Gopalpur Cantonment, Odisha, Central Command
 * 30) Jabalpur Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
 * 31) Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
 * 32) Jalapahar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command
 * 33) Jammu Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Western Command
 * 34) Jhansi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command
 * 35) Jutogh Cantonment, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 36) Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 37) Kanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 38) Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 39) Kannur Cantonment, Kerala, Southern Command
 * 40) Kirkee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 41) Landour Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 42) Lansdowne Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 43) Lebong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command
 * 44) Lucknow Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 45) Mathura Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 46) Meerut Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 47) Mhow Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
 * 48) Morar Cantonment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command
 * 49) Nainital Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 50) Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command
 * 51) Pachmarhi Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
 * 52) Pune Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
 * 53) Prayagraj Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 54) Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand, Central Command
 * 55) Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 56) Roorkee Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
 * 57) Sagar Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command
 * 58) Secunderabad Cantonment, Telangana, Southern Command
 * 59) Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 60) Shillong Cantonment, Meghalaya, Eastern Command
 * 61) St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command
 * 62) Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
 * 63) Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 64) Wellington Cantonment, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command

Unlisted Military Cantonments

 * 1) Abohar Cantonment (Abohar, Punjab)
 * 2) Akhnoor Cantonment (Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir)
 * 3) Baddowal Cantonment (Ludhiana, Punjab)
 * 4) Bangalore Cantonment (Bangalore, Karnataka)
 * 5) Bikaner Cantonment (Bikaner, Rajasthan)
 * 6) Bharatpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
 * 7) Bhatinda Cantonment (Bhatinda, Punjab)
 * 8) Binnaguri Cantonment (West Bengal)
 * 9) Bhuj Cantonment (Bhuj, Gujarat)
 * 10) Bhopal Cantonment (Madhya Pradesh)
 * 11) Beas Military Station (Punjab)
 * 12) Chandimandir Cantonment (Chandigarh)
 * 13) Dipatoli Cantonment (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
 * 14) Faridkot Cantonment (Faridkot, Punjab)
 * 15) Fazilka Cantonment (Fazilka, Punjab)
 * 16) Gandhinagar Cantonment (Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
 * 17) Gopalpur Cantonment (Brahmapur, Orissa)
 * 18) Hisar Cantonment (Hisar, Haryana)
 * 19) Itarana Cantonment (Alwar, Rajasthan)
 * 20) Jaipur Cantonment (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
 * 21) Jaisalmer Cantonment (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan)
 * 22) Jodhpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
 * 23) Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand)
 * 24) Kapurthala Cantonment (Kapurthala, Punjab)
 * 25) Khasa Cantonment (Amritsar, Punjab)
 * 26) Kollam Cantonment (Kollam, India)
 * 27) Ludhiana Cantonment (Punjab)
 * 28) Mamun Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
 * 29) Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam)
 * 30) Nagrota Cantonment (Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir)
 * 31) Narengi Cantonment  (Guwahati, Assam)
 * 32) Pathankot Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
 * 33) Patiala Cantonment (Punjab)
 * 34) Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand)
 * 35) Shahjahanpur Cantonment (Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
 * 36) Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam)
 * 37) Sri Ganganagar Cantonment (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan)
 * 38) Suratgarh Cantonment (Suratgarh, Rajasthan)
 * 39) Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
 * 40) Tibri Cantonment (Gurdaspur, Punjab)
 * 41) Udhampur Cantonment (Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir)
 * 42) Udaipur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
 * 43) Vadodra Cantonment (Vadodra, Gujarat)
 * 44) Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
 * 45) Yol Cantonment ( Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh)
 * 46) Siliguri Cantonment(West Bengal)
 * 47) Shillong Cantonment(Meghalaya)

Ghana
Babina cantonments*Cantonments, Accra

Nigeria
Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include:
 * Airforce Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos
 * Armed forces resettlement centre, Oshodi, Lagos
 * Army Ordnance Cantonment, (also known as Abalti Barracks), Yaba, Lagos
 * Arn Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos
 * Badagry Cantonment, Badagry, Lagos
 * Dodan Cantonment, Ikoyi, Lagos
 * Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos
 * Marda Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos
 * Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos
 * Ojo Cantonment (also known as Palm Barracks), Ojo, Lagos,
 * Bonny Camp, Victoria Island
 * Jaji military cantonment, kaduna,
 * Dalet cantonment, kaduna,
 * Mogadishu cantonment,
 * Abiyssinia cantonment,
 * .Burma cantonment,
 * Adshanti cantonment,
 * Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna

Pakistan

 * Abbottabad Cantonment
 * Attock Cantonment
 * Allama Iqbal Cantonment
 * Bannu Cantonment
 * Bhawalpur Cantonment
 * Chaklala Cantonment
 * Clifton Cantonment, Karachi
 * Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment
 * Faisal Cantonment, Karachi
 * Faisalabad Cantonment
 * Gujranwala Cantonment
 * Hyderabad Cantonment
 * Jhelum Cantonment
 * Kamra Cantonment
 * Karachi Cantonment
 * Kharian Cantonment
 * Khuzdar Cantonment
 * Korangi Creek Cantonment, Karachi
 * Lahore Cantonment
 * Walton Cantonment: Created out of the southern parts of the original Lahore Cantt., Walton, Lahore
 * Loralai Cantonment
 * Malir Cantonment, Karachi
 * Mangla Cantonment
 * Manora Cantonment, Karachi
 * Mardan Cantonment
 * Multan Cantonment
 * Murree Cantonment
 * Nowshera Cantonment
 * Okara Cantonment
 * Ormara Cantonment
 * Pano Aqil Cantonment
 * Peshawar Cantonment
 * Quetta Cantonment
 * Rawalpindi Cantonment
 * Sanjwal Cantonment
 * Sargodha Cantonment
 * Shorkot Cantonment (PAF Rafiqui)
 * Sialkot Cantonment
 * Taxila Cantonment
 * Wah Cantonment
 * Zhob Cantonment

Singapore
In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.

South Africa

 * Thaba Tshwane

Sri Lanka

 * Panagoda Cantonment

United States
The United States military commonly uses the term "cantonment" to describe the permanent facilities at U.S. Army training bases as opposed to the field training areas. Cantonment areas often include housing (such as barracks and maid-service quarters), dining facilities, training classrooms, exchanges, and paved air fields.