Barisal
Nickname: Chandradvipa
Location of Barisal in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°48′0″N 90°30′0″E / 22.8, 90.5
Country	Bangladesh
Administrative District	Barisal District
Government
- Mayor	Mujibur Rahman Sarwar
Area
- City	16.37 km²  (6.3 sq mi)
Population (2007 est.)
- City	291,769
- Density	17,823/km² (46,161.4/sq mi)
- Metro	291,769
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)

Barisal City is an old port at the mouth of the River Ganges on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh. It is now the divisional headquarters of the Barisal Division and consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. The area of the town is 16.37 km². Barisal municipality was established in 1957 and was turned into a City Corporation in 2000. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The South Asian country of Bangladesh consists of 6 divisions (bibhag), each named after its respective capital. ... Barisal is a district in southern Bangladesh. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... BST in relation with the bordering nations Bangladesh Standard Time (Bengali: ) (BST) is the time zone of Bangladesh which is observed throughout the whole country, with a time offset of UTC+6:00. ... UTC +6 is the timezone for : Bhutan Time Generic UTC+6 in other countries. ... For other uses, see Port (disambiguation). ... The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) (Devanagari गंगा) is the major river in northern India and Bangladesh. ... Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Barisal is located in south-central Bangladesh. ...

Barisal City has one police academy.

[edit] History

Barisal was a semi-independent area in Mughal period. In course of time, it fell under Bengal Nawab and British India, later passed to Bangladesh. The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গ Bôngo, বাংলা Bangla, বঙ্গদেশ Bôngodesh or বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh), is a historical and geographical region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Nawab (Urdu: نواب ) was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ...

[edit] Population

It has a population of 202242; male 53.28%, female 46.72%. Literacy rate among the town people is 65%.

[edit] Religion

• Muslim 90.64%; Hindu 8.38% and Christian 0.98%.
• Mosque: 130, church: 5

[edit] Education

Bibir Pukur, Barisal

The city’s education institutions are one of country’ best. Literacy rate is highest in Bangladesh. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ...

• University college: 1
• Polytechnic institute: 1
• Medical college: 1
• Physical education college: 1
• Teacher's training college: 2
• Nursing institute: 1
• Cadet college: 1
• Government college: 7
• Non-government college: 7
• Government high school: 2
• Non-government high school: 55
• Junior school: 7
• Government primary school: 175
• Non-government primary school: 133.

• Famous instituons.
• Medical College: She-E-Bangla Medical college
• Cadet College: Barisal Cadet College
• University College: BM college. ( Brajamohan College )

Brajamohan College (Bangla: ব্রজমোহন কলেজ) often known as B M college, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. ...

[edit] Publish

• Locally published newspapers and periodicals Dailies:
• Shahnama, Probashi, Gram Samachar, Ajker Barta, Ajker Kantha; periodicals- weekly Lokabani, Bakerganj Parikrama, Chirantan Bangla, Upakul, weekly Paira, the River, Etibriti; extinct: Barisal Bartabaha (1870), Hitasadhini (1871), Banglar Ranjika (1873), Kashipur Nibasi (1881), Swadesh (1885), Bharat Hitoishi (1882), Barisal Hiroishi (1885), Bikash (1900), Sahayogi (1885), Praddip (1927).

[edit] President of Bangladesh

Nuruzzaman Hamid

[edit] Transportation

• Road: 200 km
• Airport: 1
• Port: Internal airpoat
• Nuruzzaman Hamid

[edit] Economy

Barisal is rice producing center of country. It is also famous for Paan, a typical south asian leaves. Export: Fish, medicine, bidi and handicrafts. Betel pepper (Piper betle) vines Shopkeeper making Paan in an Indian store Paan, pan (in many Indic languages, हिन्दी : पान ), or beeda (in Tamil) is a type of Indian snack, which consists of fillings wrapped in a triangular package using leaves of the Betel pepper (Piper betle) and held together with a...

[edit] Noted Barisalians

• Nuruzzaman hamid , (Mayor of Calcutta (1935), Chief Minister of undivided Bengal (1937-1943) and of East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-1958)
• Jibanananda Das, poet
• Pannalal Ghosh, musician
• Utpal Dutt, actor
• Sufia Kamal, poet
• Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist
• Abala Bose, social reformer
• Aswini Kumar Datta, Founder Of BM College & BM School
• B.D Habibullah, Bak Shamrat, MLA, Active Member Tehrik Eshteklal

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[edit] See also

• Barisal District
• Barisal Division

Barisal is a district in southern Bangladesh. ... Barisal is located in south-central Bangladesh. ...

[edit] External links

• Tha barisal Guns

Coordinates: 22°42′N, 90°22′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...