Barisal District
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Barisal is a district in southern Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It is also the headquarters of Barisal Division
Barisal Division
Barisal Division is located in south-central Bangladesh, with an area of 13,644.85 km2, and with a population of 8,147,000 at the 2011 Census . It is bounded by Dhaka division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong division on the east and Khulna division on the west...

.

Geography and climate

Latitude: 22.75, Longitude: 90.36, Altitude: 4.

Barisal is located in south-central Bangladesh, formerly a district called Bakerganj, it is now a division. The town lies in the Ganges (Padma) River delta on an offshoot of the Arial Khan River (Kirtonkhola). Barisal town was under the control of the Roychoudhury family, which now has moved to Calcutta. Incorporated as a municipality in 1876 and upgraded to city corporation in 2002.It is linked by steamer with Dhaka (73 miles [117 km] north) and with Chittagong to the southeast.

Due to its location and easy access to both riverine and marine navigation channels, it has become a transshipment
Transshipment
Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination....

 centre for rice, hides, and pulses. Bakery, textile, pharmaceutical products are output of a few industrial installation.

The max. annual average temperature is 35.1°C, minimum 12.1°C; annual rainfall is 1955 mm.

History

Barisal was a semi-independent area in Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 period. In course of time, it fell under Bengal Nawab
Nawab of Bengal
The Nawabs of Bengal were the hereditary nazims or subadars of the subah of Bengal during the Mughal rule and the de-facto rulers of the province.-History:...

s and British India. After British rule it was part of East Pakistan and later Bangladesh. It was formerly known as Chandradip.

Civic administration

Barisal had remained a municipality until 2002 when it was upgraded into a city corporation consisting of 30 wards.

Transport

Barisal is served by the Barisal Airport
Barisal Airport
Barisal Airport is located in the southern city of Barisal in Bangladesh. The airport served for domestic flights to Dhaka in the past.-External links:*...

 which is located just outside of the city. It has frequent flight services to Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

 via Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines , partly transcribed from English into Bengali and the other way around) is the flag carrier airline of Bangladesh. Its main hub is at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, and also operates flights from Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, earning revenue...

 and GMG Airlines
GMG Airlines
GMG Airlines is a largest private airline of Bangladesh with its head office in the AAA Tower in Nikunjo-2 Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is Bangladesh's largest and oldest private airline operating domestic, regional, and international services, upholding the image of Bangladesh to the world...

.

Durgasagar

Durgasagar with an area of about 2,500 hectare, is the largest pond or dighi of southern Bangladesh. It is located at Madhabpasa village of babuganj upazila, about 11 km away from barisal town. Locally it is known as Madhabpasha Dighi. According to a desire of Rani Durgavati, mother of Raja Joynarayan, the dighi was dug in 1780 (1187 BS). Initially there were four pucca ghats each having 15m width. Due to the lack of proper maintenance jungles gradually surrounded the dighi. However in 1975, government renovated it to some extent. There are coconut trees around the dighi which together with the dighi are bounded by brick-walls. There are two gates each on the eastern and western sides of Durgasagar. In the middle of the dighi, there is an island with bushes. migratory birds usually come here during winter. The surrounding areas of the dighi has now been turned into a picnic spot. Presently, Barisal Development Board is looking after it.

Education

Notable educational institutions in Barisal include Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Govt. B.M College   Govt. Barisal College [Govt.Hatem Ali College]] Govt. Woman's College .

Subdivisions

Barisal District is divided into the following Upazilas (formerly called Thanas):
  1. Agailjhara Upazila
    Agailjhara Upazila
    Agailjhara is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Agailjhara is located at . It has 30560 units of house hold and total area 161.82 km².-Demographics:...

  2. Babuganj Upazila
    Babuganj Upazila
    Babuganj is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Babuganj is located at . It has 25144 units of house hold and total area 164.88 km².-Demographics:...

  3. Bakerganj Upazila
    Bakerganj Upazila
    Bakerganj is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Barisal Division, Bangladesh.-Geography:Bakerganj is located at . It has 63177 units of house hold and total area 417.2 km².-Demographics:...

  4. Banaripara Upazila
    Banaripara Upazila
    Banaripara is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Banaripara is located at . It has 26,697 households and total area 134.32 km².-Demographics:...

  5. Gaurnadi Upazila
    Gaurnadi Upazila
    Gaurnadi is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Gaurnadi is located at . It has 37,047 units of household and total area 144.18 km².-Demographics:...

  6. Hizla Upazila
    Hizla Upazila
    Hizla is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Hizla is located at . It has 30184 units of house hold and total area 515.36 km².-Demographics:...

  7. Barisal Sadar Upazila
    Barisal Sadar Upazila
    Barisal Sadar is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Barisal Sadar is located at . It has 75126 households and a total area of 307.59 km².-Demographics:...

  8. Mehendiganj Upazila
    Mehendiganj Upazila
    Mehendigonj is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh. Mehendigonj is popularly known as Patarhat by the local people.-Geography:...

  9. Muladi Upazila
    Muladi Upazila
    Muladi is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Muladi is located at . It has 32515 units of house hold and total area 261.02 km².-Demographics:...

  10. Wazirpur Upazila
    Wazirpur Upazila
    Wazirpur is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.-Geography:Wazirpur is located at . It has 44480 households and a total area of 248.35 km².-Demographics:...


Culture and places of interest

Just 12 km out of Barisal City
Barisal City
Barisal City ) is an old port on the Kirtankhola on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh and it is 142 km far from capital city Dhaka. It is now the divisional headquarter of the Barisal Division and consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. The area of the town is...

 is the place called Durga Sagar which is a large pond. Serving as a place for holiday trips for the city's residents, it also attracts visitors from other places. This is one of the main place of residence for the migrant birds that comes in winter.

Near Durga Sagar are the ancient ruins of the palace of a local landlord of the British colonial era (called Bangla
Zamindar
A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

 in Bangla
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

). Anyone can have a view of the palaces of this time by the sight of it. It is only a 15 minutes ride on a non-pollutant three wheeler called Van from Durga Sagar.

The Bangabandhu Uddan (former Bell's Park) is a place inside Barisal City, right on the banks of River [Kirtonkhola].

Not far from Barisal city, there is a beach called Kuakata
Kuakata
Kuakata is a panaromic sea beach on the southernmost tip of Bangladesh. Located in the Patuakhali district, Kuakata has a wide sandy beach from where one can see both the sunrise and sunset. It is about 320 Kilometres south of Dhaka, the capital, and about 70 Kilometres from the district...

. There is a motel in Kuakata and a place with colorful tribals.

Near Barisal city, over river Kirtonkhola a Bridge is under construction from October 2006 named Dapdapia Bridge.

Notable personalities

  • Aroj Ali Matubbar
    Aroj Ali Matubbar
    Aroj Ali Matubbar , a self-taught philosopher and apostate, and communist politician of Bangladesh, was born in British India on 17 December 1900 in the village of Lamchari in Charbaria union, about 11 km from Barisal town, currently in Bangladesh. His original name is Aroj Ali. The name...

     Philosopher.
  • A. K. Fazlul Huq
    A. K. Fazlul Huq
    Not to be confused with the cricket ground in Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq was a well-known Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century...

     politician.
  • Brojomohun Dutta
  • Aswini Kumar Dutta Founder of BM College
  • Jibanananda Das
    Jibanananda Das
    Jibanananda Das was a noted Bengali poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry....

     bangla poet.
  • Sufia Kamal
    Sufia Kamal
    Sufia Kamal was a poet, writer, organizer, feminist and activist from Bangladesh. She was born to a Muslim family in Barisal, Bangladesh. She is one of the most widely recognized cultural personalities in Bangladesh...

     Poet of Bangladesh
  • Kamini Roy
    Kamini Roy
    Kamini Roy was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours graduate in India.-Early life:...

     Poet of Bangladesh
  • Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah
    Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah
    Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah was a Bengali journalist and politician. He was the founding editor of The Ittefaq.Manik Miah played a vital role during the rise of Bengali nationalism in 1960s...

     Founder Editor of The Daily Ittefuq
  • Shamsuddin Abul Kalam
    Shamsuddin Abul Kalam
    Shamsuddin Abul Kalam , , an author of Bengali literature in Bangladesh, was a famous novelist. He was born in Barisal. He is maternal uncle of A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid-Life:...

     Bangladesh
    Bangladesh
    Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

    i novelist.
  • Abdur Rahman Biswas
    Abdur Rahman Biswas
    Abdur Rahman Biswas was the President of Bangladesh between 1991 and 1996.-Early life:...

     A president and politician
  • Altaf Mahmud
    Altaf Mahmud
    Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War...

     A famous music director & Lyrician, who composed Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
    Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
    Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February is a Bengali song which was written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in the 1950s in East Pakistan. The song title is translated as My Brothers Blood Spattered or My Brothers Blood Spattered 21 February...

    .
  • Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
    Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
    Abdul Gaffar Choudhury , is a Bangladeshi author and rpo-Awami league columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano -- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud.-Life:He left Bangladesh...

     A Journalist, who wrote Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
    Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
    Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February is a Bengali song which was written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in the 1950s in East Pakistan. The song title is translated as My Brothers Blood Spattered or My Brothers Blood Spattered 21 February...

    to mark the Bengali Language Movement.

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