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{{about|the city|the division|Khulna Division|the district|Khulna District|the subdistrict|Khulna Kotwali Thana}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Khulna
| native_name = খুলনা
| settlement_type = [[Metropolis]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center
| photo1a = Khulna Sky View.jpg
| photo2a = Gollamari Sritisoudho.jpg
| photo2b = খান জাহান আলী সেতু.jpg
| photo3a = KU kJAH.jpg
| photo3b = Khulna medical college - boys hostel.jpg
| photo4a =
| photo4b = Nagar Bhaban, Khulna.jpg
| spacing = 1
| color_border = red
| color = white
| size = 320
| foot_montage = From top: Khulna Skyline, Gollamari Martyrs’ Memorial, [[Khan Jahan Ali Bridge]],<br />[[Khulna University]], [[Khulna Medical College]], [[Khulna City Corporation|Khulna Nagar Bhaban]]
}}
| image_seal =
| pushpin_map = Bangladesh Khulna division#Bangladesh
| coordinates = {{coord|type:city_region:BD|format=dms|display=inline,http://www.khulnacity.org/index.php?page=Home}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Bangladesh
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Khulna Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Khulna District]]
| established_title = Municipal Council:
| established_date = 12 December 1884
| established_title2 = Municipal Corporation:
| established_date2 = 12 December 1984
| established_title3 = City Corporation:
| established_date3 = 6 August 1990
| government_type = [[Mayor-Council]]
| governing_body = [[Khulna City Corporation]]
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Talukder Abdul Khaleque]]
| leader_title1 = Police Commissioner
| leader_name1 = MD Masudur Rahman Bhuiyan
| area_footnotes = <ref name="bangladesh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/municip.pdf |title=Area, Population and Literacy Rate by Paurashava −2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=19 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625052740/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/municip.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2008 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 150.30
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_m = 90.0
| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/khulna-population]</ref>
| population_rank = [[List of cities and towns in Bangladesh|3rd]]
| population_metro = 949,229
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 6315
| population_demonym =
| population_urban =
| population_metro_footnotes =
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset = +6
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = Khulna GPO 9000 & Khulna Head Office 9100, Khulna Sadar 9201 - 9208
| area_code_type = {{nowrap|[[International direct dialing|IDD]]{{thinsp}}:{{thinsp|[[Telephone numbers in Bangladesh|Calling Code]]}}}}
| area_code = +880 (0)41
| blank2_name = Languages
| blank2_info = [[Bengali language|Standard Bengali]](Official)
| blank3_name = Police
| blank3_info = [[Khulna Metropolitan Police]]
| blank4_name = Airport
| blank4_info = [[Khan Jahan Ali Airport]]
| blank5_name = Development Authority
| blank5_info = [[Khulna Development Authority]]
| blank6_name = WASA
| blank6_info = [[KWASA]]
| blank7_name = Literacy rate
| blank7_info = 83.8%<ref name="bnaglapedia">{{cite book
|author=Tapan Palit
|chapter=Khulna City Corporation
|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khulna_City_Corporation
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|khulnacity.org}}
| name =
| image_blank_emblem =
| blank_emblem_type = Logo of City Corporation
| blank_emblem_size = 150px
| area_rank = 3rd
}}
'''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"/>
[[[/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.

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>

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Merajul Islam at 17:04, 10 January 2022