Bagerhat District with an area of 3959.11 sq km,gopalgong and burgona districts on the east and khulna district on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 33.5°C and minimum 12.5°C. Annual rainfall is 1710 mm. Main rivers are Panguchi, Daratana,madumati, pasur, Haringhata, Mongla, Baleswar, Bangra and Goshairkhali.
Administration Bagerhat subdivision was turned into a district in 1984. It consists of 9 upazilas, 77 union parishads, 1031 villages, 687 mouzas, 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 56 mahallas.
Archaeological heritage satgumbod mosque, nine dom mosque, Sona Mosque,khan jahan tomb Complex, seven-domed Mosque, ten-domed Mosque, one-domed Mosque, Pacha Dighi, Ghora Dighi, Kodla Math or Ayudha Math, Kuthibari (1849), Durgapur Shiva Math, Shiva Temple, Rajbari of Bangram.
Historical events The name of khan jahan ali is related to the history of Bagerhat. He migrated here in 1429 with a large number of soldiers. He established the Khalifabad Pargana covering areas including Bagerhat, Khulna, Satkhira, Jessore and Barisal. He ruled this pargana during the period from 1429 to 1449. After the death of Khan Jahan Ali in 1449, Raja Prajapaditya occupied the pargana. They killed about 200 innocent people at Khalishakhali and Babuganj. Many people were killed and wounded in encounters between the Pak army and the freedom fighters at Doyapara, Shakharikarihat, and at Chakulia of Mollahat.
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