Southern Bangladesh

Southern Bangladesh is a region of , consisting of Barisal Division and Khulna Division. The region is known for its rice production, thriving shrimp industry and the Bangladeshi part of the .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Khulna and Barisal.

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is the third largest city of . It is the administrative capital city of Division in Southern Bangladesh. On the bank of Rupsha and Bhoirob river.

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, officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola River in south-central . It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both and .

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, also spelt Jashore, is a city in the southern region of . There's not a lot to do here, but the people are friendly and it makes an OK stopover en route to or from Rajshahi, Khulna or Benapole.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Barguna District and Patuakhali District.

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is a district in , in southern . Barguna subdivision was established in 1969 and promoted to a district on 28 February 1984.

is a district of Southern Bangladesh. It belongs to the Barisal Division. Enriched with exquisite natural beauty, Patuakhali is a promising district of the Barisal Division.

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(Bengali: কুষ্টিয়া is a city located on the banks of the Gorai River in Bangladesh. It serves as the headquarters of and is considered the cultural capital of Bangladesh.

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Sadar Upazila is a world heritage listed historical town in the Khulna Division of . Khan Jahan Ali was a famous 15th century Sufi that settled here and established the town, originally known as Khalifatabad.

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is a city of about 276,000 people in the southern region of . It is the headquarters of Sadar Upazila and District. city is connected by rail and road across the country.

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The are a huge mangrove forest in Khulna Division of , on the coast of the Ganges Delta by the Bay of Bengal. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and famous as a sanctuary of the Bengal tiger.

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is at the southernmost tip of . Locally known as Sagar Kannya, is a picturesque coastal strand about 30 km in length and 6 km in breadth.

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is a border town in Southern Bangladesh. It is the most commonly used crossover when travelling between and .

Southern Bangladesh

Latitude of center
22.9372° or 22° 56′ 14″ north
Longitude of center
89.2853° or 89° 17′ 7″ east
Population
17,400,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1337210
Wiki­data ID
Q501696
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Southern Bangladesh” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኩልና ክፍለ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم خولنا”
  • Arabic: “إقليم كهلنا”
  • Arabic: “كولنا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Khulna Bölgəsi”
  • Balinese: “Divisi Khulna”
  • Basque: “Khulna dibisioa”
  • Basque: “Khulna”
  • Bengali: “খুলনা বিভাগ”
  • Bengali: “খুলনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “খুলনা বিভাগ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кхулна”
  • Catalan: “divisió de Khulna”
  • Catalan: “Divisió de Khulna”
  • Cebuano: “Khulna Division”
  • Chinese: “库尔纳”
  • Chinese: “库尔纳专区”
  • Chinese: “庫爾納”
  • Chinese: “庫爾納專區”
  • Czech: “Khulaná”
  • Czech: “Khulanská oblast”
  • Danish: “Khulna Division”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Khulna”
  • Dutch: “Khulna”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥulno”
  • Estonian: “Khulna jaotis”
  • Finnish: “Khulnan alue”
  • French: “Khulna”
  • French: “Khulnâ”
  • Galician: “división de Khulna”
  • German: “Division Khulna”
  • German: “Khulna”
  • Greek: “Διαίρεση Χούλνα”
  • Greek: “Κούλνα”
  • Gujarati: “ખુલ્ના ડીપાર્ટમેન્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Khulna Division”
  • Hindi: “खुलना उपक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “खुलना विभाग”
  • Hindi: “खुलना”
  • Indonesian: “Divisi Khulna”
  • Italian: “divisione di Khulna”
  • Italian: “Divisione di Khulna”
  • Japanese: “クルナ”
  • Japanese: “クルナ管区”
  • Javanese: “Divisi Khulna”
  • Kannada: “ಖುಲ್ನಾ ವಿಭಾಗ”
  • Kannada: “ಖುಲ್ನಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Кхулна”
  • Kirghiz: “Кхулна”
  • Korean: “쿨나”
  • Korean: “쿨나주”
  • Latvian: “Khulnas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Khulnos sritis”
  • Magahi: “खुलना विभाग”
  • Malay: “Khulna Division”
  • Manipuri: “ꯈꯨꯜꯅꯥ ꯁꯔꯨꯛ”
  • Marathi: “खुलना विभाग”
  • Mazanderani: “خولنا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khulna Hun-khu”
  • Minangkabau: “Divisi Khulna”
  • Mongolian: “Кхулна муж”
  • Nepali: “खुलना विभाग”
  • Newari: “खुलना विभाग”
  • Northern Frisian: “Khulna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khulna”
  • Norwegian: “Khulna”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Khulna”
  • Oromo: “Khulna Division”
  • Panjabi: “ਖੁਲਨਾ ਡਿਵੀਜਨ”
  • Persian: “استان کولنا”
  • Persian: “بخش کولنا”
  • Polish: “Khulna”
  • Portuguese: “Culna”
  • Portuguese: “Khulna”
  • Pushto: “کلنا ډويژن”
  • Pushto: “کلنا ولایت”
  • Russian: “Кхулна”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱷᱩᱞᱱᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱸᱰ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱷᱩᱞᱱᱟ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Scots: “Khulna Diveesion”
  • Sindhi: “کلنا ڊويزن”
  • Sinhala: “ඛුල්නා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Kulna”
  • Somali: “Khulna Division”
  • Spanish: “División de Khulna”
  • Spanish: “Khulna”
  • Sundanese: “Divisi Khulna”
  • Swahili: “Khulna Division”
  • Swedish: “Khulna”
  • Sylheti: “ꠇꠥꠟꠘꠣ ꠛꠤꠜꠣꠉ”
  • Tajik: “Кхулна”
  • Tamil: “குல்னா கோட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “க்ஹுல்ன்னா டிவிசன்”
  • Tatar: “Кхулна”
  • Telugu: “ఖుల్నా డివిజన్”
  • Thai: “ภาคขุลนา”
  • Turkish: “Khulna Division”
  • Turkish: “Khulna”
  • Ukrainian: “Кхулна”
  • Urdu: “کھلنا ڈویژن”
  • Urdu: “کھُلنا ڈویژن”
  • Uzbek: “Khulna Division”
  • Venetian: “Divixion de Khulna”
  • Vietnamese: “Khulna”
  • Wu Chinese: “库尔纳专区”

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