Khulna Division

Khulna Division is an administrative region in southwestern Bangladesh, comprising ten districts and centered on Khulna city.

Khulna District: A district in southwestern Bangladesh and the principal urban center of Khulna Division. The division’s namesake district contains its largest city and administrative center.
Mongla Port: A seaport on the Passur River in southwestern Bangladesh. It provides the division’s principal maritime trade gateway.
Cyclone Sidr: A powerful tropical cyclone that struck Bangladesh in November 2007. Its severe damage affected the division’s coastal communities and forests.
Bengal Sultanate: A Muslim kingdom that ruled much of Bengal from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Its rule shaped the architecture and settlement history of Bagerhat.
Bagerhat District: A district in southwestern Bangladesh, known for the historic mosque city of Bagerhat. It is one of the division’s ten districts and includes the UNESCO-listed mosque city.
Sundarbans: The world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, spanning southwestern Bangladesh and eastern India. Its forests and waterways occupy the division’s southern edge and support local livelihoods.
Cyclone Aila: A tropical cyclone that struck Bangladesh and India in May 2009, causing extensive coastal flooding. Its storm surge and embankment failures displaced people in southwestern districts.
Khan Jahan Ali: A fifteenth-century Sufi leader and administrator associated with the founding of Bagerhat. His works helped establish Bagerhat as a regional center.
Satkhira District: A district in southwestern Bangladesh bordering India and the Sundarbans region. Its southern landscape connects the division to the Sundarbans and the Indian border.
Shrimp farming: The cultivation of shrimp in ponds or enclosed coastal waters for food and trade. Brackish-water shrimp production is a major livelihood and land use in the division’s coastal districts.

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