Khulna District
Khulna district
খুলনা জেলা | |
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Clockwise from the top: Khulna Shipyard, Royal Bengal Tiger, Durbar Bangla Monument at KUET and Khan Jahan Ali Bridge | |
Location of Khulna District in Bangladesh | |
Expandable map of Khulna District | |
| Coordinates: 22°21′N 89°18′E / 22.35°N 89.30°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Khulna |
| Headquarters | Khulna |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mohammad Helal Hossain, PAA |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,394.45 km2 (1,696.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,613,385 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
| Postal code | 9000 |
| Area code | 041 |
| ISO 3166 code | BD-27 |
| HDI (2019) | 0.690 medium · 3rd of 20 |
| Website | www |
Khulna District (Bengali: খুলনা জেলা) is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division, bordered in the north by Jashore District and Narail District, in the south by the Bay of Bengal, in the east by Bagerhat District, and the west by Satkhira District. It was the first sub-division of the United Bengal Province established in 1842. On 1 June 1882, by notification of the official gazette published from Kolkata, Khulna and Bagerhat sub-division of Jashore district and Satkhira sub-division of 24 Parganas district together formed the new district of Khulna.