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Khulna

This article is about the city. For the division, see Khulna Division. For the district, see Khulna District. For the subdistrict, see Khulna Kotwali Thana.

Khulna
খুলনা
Metropolis
Gollamari Martyrs' Memorial
Nickname(s): 
City of Tigers, Industrial City, Gateway to the Sundarbans
Khulna is located in Khulna division
Khulna
Khulna
Khulna is located in Bangladesh
Khulna
Khulna
Coordinates: 22°49′N 89°33′E / 22.82°N 89.55°E / 22.82; 89.55
CountryBangladesh
DivisionKhulna Division
DistrictKhulna District
Municipal Council:8 September 1884 (1884-09-08)
Municipal Corporation:12 December 1984 (1984-12-12)
City Corporation:6 August 1990 (1990-08-06)
Government
 • TypeMayor-council
 • BodyKhulna City Corporation
 • MayorTalukder Abdul Khaleque
 • Police CommissionerMD Masudur Rahman Bhuiyan
Area
[1]
 • Urban
45.65 km2 (17.63 sq mi)
 • Metro
150.57 km2 (58.14 sq mi)
 • Rank3rd
Elevation
9.0 m (29.5 ft)
Population
 • Rank3rd
 • Urban
884,445
 • Urban density19,000/km2 (50,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
[2]
1,556,300
 • Metro density10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
DemonymKhulnaiya
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal codes
9000, 9100, 92xx
IDD : Calling Code +880 (0)41
LanguagesStandard Bengali(Official)
PoliceKhulna Metropolitan Police
AirportJessore Airport & Khan Jahan Ali Airport (Planned)
Development AuthorityKhulna Development Authority
WASAKWASA
Literacy rate71.5%[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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Basic Statistics". Khulna City Corporation.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh–10 Largest Cities". Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Khulna City Corporation". Banglapedia. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ Marshall Cavendish Corporation (2007). World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 491. ISBN 9780761476313.
  7. ^ Girard, Luigi Fusco (2003). The Human Sustainable City: Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 298. ISBN 9780754609452.

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