Khulna
খুলনা | |
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A monument at the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Boikali Area of Khulna Khulna University lake | |
| Nickname(s): City of Tigers, Industrial City, Gateway to the Sundarbans,City of white gold | |
  Khulna  Khulna | |
| Coordinates: 22°49′N 89°33′E / 22.82°N 89.55°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Khulna Division |
| District | Khulna District |
| Municipal Council: | 8 September 1884 |
| Municipal Corporation: | 12 December 1984 |
| City Corporation: | 6 August 1990 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Body | Khulna City Corporation |
| • Administrator | Md. Helal Mahmud Sharif |
| • Police Commissioner | MD Masudur Rahman Bhuiyan |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 45.65 km2 (17.63 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 150.57 km2 (58.14 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| Elevation | 9.0 m (29.5 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Urban | 884,445 |
| • Urban density | 19,000/km2 (50,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,556,300 |
| • Metro density | 10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
| • City rank | 3rd in Bangladesh |
| • Metro rank | 3rd in Bangladesh |
| Demonym | Khulnaiya |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali • English |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal codes | 9000, 9100, 92xx |
| IDD : Calling Code | +880 (0)41 |
| UN/LOCODE | BD KHI |
| Police | Khulna Metropolitan Police |
| Airport | Jessore Airport & Khan Jahan Ali Airport (Under construction) |
| Metropolitan Planning Authority | Khulna Development Authority |
| Water Supply and Sewerage Authority | Khulna WASA |
| Literacy rate | 71.5%[3] |
Khulna (Bengali: খুলনা, [ˈkʰulna]) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong.[4] It is the administrative center of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross regional domestic product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. In the 2024 census, the city corporation area had a population of 884,445.[5]
Khulna is on the Rupsha and Bhairab River, a strategic point in southwestern Bangladesh. It is also a center of Bangladeshi industry, hosting many of the nation's largest companies. It is served by the Port of Mongla, Bangladesh's second-largest seaport.
A colonial steamboat service, which includes the Tern, Osrich and Lepcha, operates on the river route to the city. Khulna is considered the gateway to the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the Bengal tiger. It is north of the Mosque City of Bagerhat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[6][7]
- ^ "Area, Population and Literacy Rate by Paurashava −2001" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Basic Statistics". Khulna City Corporation.
- ^ Tapan Palit (2012). "Khulna City Corporation". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Bangladesh–10 Largest Cities". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Khulna City Corporation". Banglapedia. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Marshall Cavendish Corporation (2007). World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 491. ISBN 9780761476313.
- ^ Girard, Luigi Fusco (2003). The Human Sustainable City: Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 298. ISBN 9780754609452.