Barisal
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Barisal City বরিশাল বাকলা (Bakla) চন্দ্রদ্বীপ (Chandradeep) |
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| Metropolis | |
| Barisal | |
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| Nickname(s): Venice of the East | |
 Barisal City
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| Coordinates: 22°48′0″N 90°30′0″E / 22.80000°N 90.50000°E | |
| Country |
 Bangladesh
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| Division | Barisal Division |
| District | Barisal District |
| Municipality Eshtablished | 1876 |
| City Corporation | 2002 |
| Granted city status | 19 April 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Barisal City Corporation |
| • City Mayor | Ahsan Habib Kamal |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (4 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Metropolis | 328,278 |
| • Density | 10,524/km2 (27,260/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 385,093 |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 8200 |
| Calling code | 0431 |
| Website | Official Web Portal |
Barisal (Bengali: বরিশাল Bariśāl; historically Bakla-Chandradwip; also Gird-e-Bandar) is a major city that lies on the bank of Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal district and Barisal Division. It is one of the oldest municipalities and river ports of the country. Barisal municipality was established in the year 1876 during the British Raj and upgraded to City Corporation on 25 July 2002. The city consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas with a population of 328,278 according to the 2011 national census. The area of the city is 58 km².
Barisal was a semi-independent area in the Mughal period because of heavy fighting between them and Hindu chiefs. In course of time, it fell under the Bengal Nawabs, the last being Raja Nakuleswar Bose and then colonial British India, later passed to East Pakistan at independence and finally Bangladesh.
The central city of this region is the city of Barisal. It is one of the biggest river ports in Bangladesh. It is a city with nearly 0.38 million people and a divisional headquarters, medical college, cadet college, some pharmaceutical industries, textile industries and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority's head office. Barisal is fast growing city of the country stands on the Kirtankhola River. Country's first short landing and take off airport has been completed in Barisal and a private Airlines named Air Bengal has begun its regular air flight between Dhaka Tejgaon Airport and Barisal.
The city is sometimes called the "Venice of the East" or the "Venice of Bengal".
According to provisional results of the 2011 national census, the population of Barisal (areas under the jurisdiction of the Barisal city corporation) stands at 328,278. By gender, the population was 51.63 male and 48.37 percent female.
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