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Barisal District, officially spelled Barishal District from April 2018, [ 4 ] is a district in south-central Bangladesh, formerly called Bakerganj district, established in 1797. [ 5 ] Its headquarters are in the city of Barisal, which is also the headquarters of Barisal Division. [ 6 ]
Barisal (/ ˌ b ʌ r ə ˈ s ɑː l / or / ˈ b ær ə ˌ s ɔː l /; Bengali: বরিশাল, pronounced), [a] officially known as Barishal, [4] is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal District [b] and Barisal ...
Barisal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country, it has an area of 13,225 km 2 (5,106 sq mi), and a population of 9,325,820 at the 2022 Census. It is the least populous Division in Bangladesh. It is bounded by Dhaka Division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the ...
t. e. Districts of Bangladesh. The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts ...
History. Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.
English: Location map of Barisal, Bangladesh. Equirectangular projection, vertical stretching 110 % Border coordinates 23.2: 89.7:
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Patuakhali District had 424,743 households and a population of 1,727,254. 327,724 (18.97%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 536 people per km 2. Patuakhali district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.70%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1048 ...
Bakerganj is located at It has a total area of 411.36 km 2 (158.83 sq mi). The upazila shares its boundaries with Nalchity Upazila and Barisal Sadar Upazila to the north, Mirzaganj Upazila, Dumki Upazila, and Bauphal Upazila to the south, Bauphal Upazila and Bhola Sadar Upazila to the east, and Nalchity Upazila, Betagi Upazila, and Rajapur Upazila to the west.