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Template:Infobox Bangladesh district The Khulna District is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division. It has an area of 4394.46 km² and is bordered on the north by the Jessore District and the Narail District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, on the east by the Bagerhat District, and on the west by the Satkhira District.[1]

Administration

  • Mayor: Khalekder Abdul Talek

Education

Khulna is under the jurisdiction of the Jessore Education Board. This board varies the SSC and HSC standard.

Famous educational institutions in Khulna

  • Rev. Paul's High School, Gallamami, Khulna
  • Bajua Union High School,Bajua, Dacope, Khulna
  • Cantonment Public Secondary School
  • Damoder M.M. High School
  • Daulatpur Muhashin Boys School
  • Daulatpur Muhashin Girls School
  • Dighalia M. A. Mazid Secondary School
  • Fatima High School
  • Govt. Coronation Secondary Girls' School, Khulna
  • Govt. Laboratory High School
  • Hamid Nagor Govt. Primary School, Rayermohal, Khulna
  • H.R.H. Princh Agakhan High School
  • Khulna Collegiate School
  • Khulna Govt. Girls' High School (Monnujan School)
  • Khulna Govt. Railway Boys High School
  • Khulna Govt. Railway Girls High School
  • Khulna Model School and College
  • Khulna Newsprint Mills Secondary School, Khalishpur
  • Khulna Public School
  • Khulna Zilla School and College
  • Khalishpur School Estate on 1905
  • Lions School and College Khulna (In Pakistan period: Lions English School, Khulna(Establish on 1962)
  • Military Collegiate School Khulna (MCSK)
  • Naubahini Secondary School, Khulna
  • Nirala Ideal Secondary School
  • Paigram Kazba Secondary school
  • Phulbari High school.
  • Phultala Re-Union High School
  • Platinum Secondary School, Khalispur
  • Port Moshialy Secondary School
  • Rayermohal Govt. Primary School, Rayermohal, Khulna
  • Rotary School, Khalispur
  • Rupsha high school, khulna
  • St. Joseph's High School, Khulna
  • Senhati Secondary School (established 1887)

Besides, Khulna has six IGV(Integrated General and Vocational) schools and one technical school of UCEP(Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs), which is a non-profitable organization. Six IGV schools are:

  • UCEP-K C C School, Rupsha
  • UCEP-Sonadanga School, Sonadanga
  • UCEP-M A Majid School, Fulbarigate
  • UCEP-Khalishpur School, Khalishpur
  • UCEP-Zohra Samad School, Tootpara
  • UCEP-Wazed Ali School, Banorgati

Upazila Level School

School Under Dumuria Upazila, Khulna

Colleges

  • Military Collegiate School Khulna (MCSK)
  • B. N. College, Khulna
  • Haji Mohammad Muhashin College, Khalishpur (Md. Whaheduzzaman, Dalim)
  • Brajalal College, Daulatpur, Khulna
  • Khulna Public College, Boyra, Khulna
  • Cantonment Public School and College, Jahanabad, Khulna.
  • Khulna Govt. Majid Memorial City College (City college)
  • Khulna Gov. Sundarban College
  • Phultala M.M. College
  • Khulna Govt. Girls' College (Boyra Girls College)
  • Shahid Suhrawardy College, Banorgati
  • Khan Jahan Ali Ideal College
  • Rayermohal College, Rayermohal, Khulna
  • rupsha collage.
  • Khulna Model School And college, Boyra,Khulna. [www.khmc.webs.com]
  • Rev. Paul's Hope Politacnicl, Gallamari, Khulna
  • Khulna polytechnic institute

Universities

Medical schools

  • Khulna Medical College (K.M.C.)

Subdivisions

  1. Terokhada Upazila
  2. Batiaghata Upazila
  3. Dacope Upazila
  4. Dumuria Upazila
  5. Dighalia Upazila
  6. Koyra Upazila
  7. Paikgachha Upazila
  8. Phultala Upazila
  9. Rupsa Upazila

History

Khulna is named after a goddess of the Hindu religion, Khulleshwari. In 1947, the district of Khulna had a Hindu majority , but now the district's total population is about 80% Muslim.Now it is the third largest district in Bangladesh

Economy

Khulna is a port city.It is the most increasing city in the south. Mongla is the major sea port of the country. In Daulatpur there are several jute mills. By road, railway and riverway it is connected to other parts of the country. This infrastructure plays a vital role in the city's economy, which also depends upon fishing and salt industries. Khulna has a newsprint mill that will about reopen in the near future. The Khulna shipyard receives limited support from the Bangladesh Navy by building small, ocean-going ships. The Khulna textile and hardboard mills will reopen soon under private ownership. RAJA in Khulna.....

Religion

Religion in Khulna District
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 73.49%
Hinduism
 
 25.24%
Christianity
 
 0.67%
Buddhism
 
 1.25%

The district of Khulna consists 10859 mosques, 680 temples, 81 churches, 15 Buddhist temples and 9 tombs.

Places of interest

  • The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. The royal Bengal tiger inhabits the area; it is said that seeing the tiger enables a person to understand what a tiger means. There are many other rare animals in the area, including monkeys, chitra deer, crocodiles, wild cocks, wild pigs and thousands of kinds of birds.
  • From Kuakatan, both the rising and the setting of the sun into the ocean can be seen.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "BANGLAPEDIA: Khulna District". banglapedia.search.com.bd. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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