Barguna
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Barguna বরগুনা |
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| Town & District headquarter | |
| Country |
 Bangladesh
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| Division | Barisal Division |
| District | Barguna District |
| Municipality Eshtablished | 23 July 1973 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.58 km2 (6.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 33,098 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| Website | bargunamunicipality |
Barguna (Bengali: বরগুনা Borguna) is a town in Barguna district in the division of Barisal in south-central Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarter and the largest town of Barguna district. Located on the bank of Khakdon river, the town covers an area of 15.58 square kilometres (6.02 sq mi) with a population of 33,098 as of the 2011 census.
There are different opinions about the origin of the name "Barguna". The general belief is that the name is derived from Bengali name "Baragun" meaning high tide. The remote past wood traders from the northern region had to wait here for Baragun (high tide) to pull their boats against strong current of the Khakdon river. While others say, Barguna was named after an eminent Magh people who settled there at the very beginning of the habitation. As to the concept of history and folk, Barguna was named the official name likely in 1871, through the creation of a Patuakhali subdivision under then Bakerganj District (present Barisal).
Historians found that, in the thirteenth century, there was no trace of plantation in the region. The entire region was then full of jungle and along the river-side in Sundarbans. However, at the early fourteenth century, people started settling here for cultivation. It was then a part of Bakla-Chandradwipkingdom. The inhabitants of the region faced repeatedly attacked from the Maghs and Portuguese pirates. Umed Khan son of Shaista Khan saved the inhabitants from the Maghs repression and established the absolute authority of the emperor Aurangzeb. The emperor was pleased with him and awarded him to rule the state of Bakla-Chandradwip which Barguna was part of it. It is said that during the reign of Nawab Ali Vardi Khan, a group of Rakhine people settled permanently in Baliatoli near the present town, clearing the bushes and jungles and starting cultivation there.
Barguna was a resumed Sundarbans estate almost entirely reclaimed from forest. It was resumed by an order of the Presidency Commissioner dated the 25 July 1856. It was claimed by the Nawab of Dacca as belonging to Aila-Fuljhuri, but was ultimately decreed to Government by the Privy Council in 1870. It was the key to the Sundarbans and was the healthiest of the Sundarbans estates. There was a Khas Mahal Tashil cutchari under the supervision of a Sub-Deputy Collector (Circle Officer).
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