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'''Khulna''' ({{lang-bn|খুলনা }} {{IPA-bn|ˈkʰulna|}}) is the third largest city in [[Bangladesh]] after [[Dhaka]] and [[Chattogram|Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite after Dhaka and Chittagong city | '''Khulna''' ({{lang-bn|খুলনা }} {{IPA-bn|ˈkʰulna|}}) is the third largest city in [[Bangladesh]] after [[Dhaka]] and [[Chattogram|Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite after Dhaka and Chittagong city | ||
web|url=http://www.geonames.org/BD/largest-cities-in-bangladesh.html|title=Bangladesh–10 Largest Cities|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213230501/http://www.geonames.org/BD/largest-cities-in-bangladesh.html|archive-date=13 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the administrative territory of [[Khulna District]] and [[Khulna Division]]. The economy of Khulna is the third largest in the [[Bangladesh|People's Republic of Bangladesh]], contributing $53 billion in nominal gross state product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms as of 2020. In the 2011 census, the city had a population of 663,342.<ref name="bangladeshpop1"/> | web|url=http://www.geonames.org/BD/largest-cities-in-bangladesh.html|title=Bangladesh–10 Largest Cities|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213230501/http://www.geonames.org/BD/largest-cities-in-bangladesh.html|archive-date=13 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the administrative territory of [[Khulna District]] and [[Khulna Division]]. The economy of Khulna is the third largest in the [[Bangladesh|People's Republic of Bangladesh]], contributing $53 billion in nominal gross state product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms as of 2020. In the 2011 census, the city had a population of 663,342.<ref name="bangladeshpop1"/> | ||
[[Merajul Islam]] | [[[https://en.bharatpedia.org.in/wiki/Draft:Merajul_Islam Merajul Islam]]] | ||
Khulna is located on the bank of the [[Rupsha River|Rupsha]] and [[Bhairab River]]s. A centre of Bangladeshi industry, it hosts many national companies. Khulna is served by [[Port of Mongla]] (the second-largest seaport in the country), and is one of two principal naval-command centres hosting the [[Bangladesh Navy]]. The navy base [[BNS Titumir]] is in the city. | Khulna is located on the bank of the [[Rupsha River|Rupsha]] and [[Bhairab River]]s. A centre of Bangladeshi industry, it hosts many national companies. Khulna is served by [[Port of Mongla]] (the second-largest seaport in the country), and is one of two principal naval-command centres hosting the [[Bangladesh Navy]]. The navy base [[BNS Titumir]] is in the city. | ||
A colonial [[steamboat]] service, including the ''Tern'', ''Osrich'' and ''Lepcha'', continues to operate on the river route to the city. Khulna is considered the gateway to the [[Sundarbans]], the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the [[Bengal tiger|Royal Bengal tiger]]. It is north of the [[Mosque City of Bagerhat]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="marshall">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZBaVhmRvCkC&q=Khulna&pg=PA491 | title=World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia | publisher=Marshall Cavendish | author=Marshall Cavendish Corporation | year=2007 | pages=491 | isbn=9780761476313}}</ref><ref name="Girard">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTPgcYrVulAC&q=Khulna+history&pg=PA297 | title=The Human Sustainable City: Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda | publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd | author=Girard, Luigi Fusco | year=2003 | pages=298 | isbn=9780754609452}}</ref> | A colonial [[steamboat]] service, including the ''Tern'', ''Osrich'' and ''Lepcha'', continues to operate on the river route to the city. Khulna is considered the gateway to the [[Sundarbans]], the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the [[Bengal tiger|Royal Bengal tiger]]. It is north of the [[Mosque City of Bagerhat]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="marshall">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZBaVhmRvCkC&q=Khulna&pg=PA491 | title=World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia | publisher=Marshall Cavendish | author=Marshall Cavendish Corporation | year=2007 | pages=491 | isbn=9780761476313}}</ref><ref name="Girard">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTPgcYrVulAC&q=Khulna+history&pg=PA297 | title=The Human Sustainable City: Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda | publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd | author=Girard, Luigi Fusco | year=2003 | pages=298 | isbn=9780754609452}}</ref> | ||