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{{Short description|City in western Bangladesh}}
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| settlement_type = [[City]] and [[Paurashava|Municipality]]
| official_name = Jashore
| other_name = Jashore
| native_name = যশোর
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| photo1a = Central Jessore.jpg
| photo2a = Jessore Airport (463123277).jpg
| photo2b = JSTU Academic Bulilding.jpg
| photo3a = যশোর ইনস্টিটিউট .jpg
| photo3b = Jessore Polytechic Istitute awesome place - panoramio.jpg
| photo4a = Govt, M M College.jpg
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| image_caption = Clockwise for top: Jessore town, [[Jessore Airport]], academic building of [[Jashore University of Science and Technology]], [[Jessore Institute Public Library]], [[Jessore Polytechnic Institute]], [[Michael Madhusudan College]]
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| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Khulna Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jashore District]]
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| government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| governing_body = Jashore Municipality
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| established_title = Municipality
| established_date = 1864
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| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|Bangladesh Time]]
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'''Jessore''' ({{lang-bn|যশোর|jôshor}}, {{IPA-bn|dʒɔʃor|}}), officially '''Jashore''',{{efn|The spelling of the district name in the Latin script was [[List of renamed places in Bangladesh|officially]] changed from ''Jessore'' to ''Jashore'' in April 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mahadi Al Hasnat |date=2 April 2018 |title=Mixed reactions as govt changes English spellings of 5 district names |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/04/02/english-spellings-chittagong-comilla-barisal-jessore-bogra-changed/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>}} is a major city in [[Jashore District]] situated in [[Khulna Division]].It is situated in the south-western part of [[Bangladesh]]. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district and the third largest and second developed city in [[Khulna Division]]. It is one of the industrious and developed cities in Bangladesh and it is also the second developed city of [[Khulna Division]]. Jessore city consists of 9 wards and 73 mahalls. Jessore municipality was established in 1864.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sadar.jessore.gov.bd|title=Jashore Sadar|work=Ministry of Local Government|access-date= 21 October 2020}}</ref> The area of the town is 21.15  km<sup>2</sup>. It has a population of about 2,98,000 according to the record of Jessore municipality. Jessore also has a domestic airport named as [[Jessore Airport]].

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Commons category|Jashore}}
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{{Largest cities of Bangladesh|class=nav}}
{{Bangladesh cities}}
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[[Category:Jashore District]]
[[Category:Populated places in Khulna Division]]
[[Category:Pourashavas of Bangladesh]]

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Jessore - Revision history

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