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 Barishal At a Glance

Area: 2791km2
Population: 23,0,0771 (2011)
Density: 844Km2
Literacy: 75.3%
No. of Upazila: 10
No. of Union: 86
No. of Pourashava: 6
No. of Primary School: 1444
No. of High School: 376
No. of College: 96
 ABOUT BARISHAL
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 Roy
Choudhury 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 center 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.
Barisal City is an old port on the Kirtankhola on the northern shore of the Bay of
Bengal in southern Bangladesh. It is now the divisional headquarter of the Barisal
Division and consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. The area of the town is 19.99
km².[5] Barisal municipality was established in 1957 and was turned into a City
Corporation in 2000.
 some Points of interest
30 Goodown
Durga sagor Miah Bari Mosque

Bells Park

Oxford Mission
Church Sher-e-Bangla
Guthia Mosque Memorial Museum

Bibir Pukur
 Major institutions include:

•Amrita Lal Dey College

Total institutions are •Barisal Cadet College
2,517 •Barisal Engineering College
•Barisal Government
Women's College
•Barisal Govt. Polytechnic
Institute
•Barisal Zilla School
•Brojomohun College
•Government Syed Hatem
Ali College
•Shaheed Abdur Rab
Serniabat Textile
Engineering College
•Sher-e-Bangla Medical
College
•University of Barisal
 Sports

Cricket and football are the two most popular sports in Barisal while tennis
and kabaddi are also popular. There is a national stadium in the city known
as Barisal Divisional Stadium (also known as Abdur Rab Serniabad
Stadium). It is a multi-purpose stadium and has a capacity of 15,000
spectators. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. It is also used for
football and other sports. Besides different organization share to stage a
show there occasionally. Notable players from Barisal who have played for
the national team include Shahriar Nafees, Sohag Gazi, Kamrul Islam
Rabbi and Fazle Mahmud.
 Notable parsons
•Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943), Chief Minister of East Bengal (1954) and Governor of East
Pakistan (1956–1958)
•Mohammad Ali Bogra, (1909-1963), Bengali politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
•Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)
•Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Politician, lawyer, former cabinet minister. peasant movement leader
•Jogendra Nath Mandal, One of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, First Law Minister of Pakistan
•Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
•Dr. Kamal Hossain, lawyer and politician, 1st Law Minister of Bangladesh, Creator of the Constitution of Bangladesh.
•Shawkat Hossain Hiron, Former Member of Parliament, Mayor of Barisal (2008-2013)
•Abdur Rab Serniabat, cabinet minister
•Abul Hasanat Abdullah, politician, former Chief Whip (Bangladesh) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom, politician, former Minister of
Water Resources, former Minister of Commerce
•Jahangir Kabir Nanak, politician, former State Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
•Amir Hossain Amu, politician, former Minister of Industries
•Gurudas Dasgupta, member of the Indian Parliament Sakhawat Hossain, Election Commissioner of Bangladesh (2007–2012)
•Shahjahan Omar, Bir Uttam, politician, former State Minister of Law
•Majibur Rahman Sarwar, politician, former Mayor of Barisal and former member of parliament for Barisal-5
•Manikuntala Sen, revolutionary
•Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, noted Congress politician, former Union Minister and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He
represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and was a member of the Indian National Congress party.
•Syed Azizul Huq, politician and former Member of Parliament.
•Kazi Golam Mahbub, language movement activist and politician
•Nasreen Jahan Ratna, politician, former member of parliament
•Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, Mayor of Barisal
And 94 others…..
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