Mongla. It is my birthplace. Mongla is second see port in Bangladesh. It is located 48 km south of Khulna city. The port is situated at the confluence of the Pashur River and the Mongla River. It lies about 62 miles north of the Bay of Bengal and is connected to the major inland river ports and to the rail terminal at Khulna.
As geographical view, Mongla is located at 22°29′00″N 89°36′30″E / 22.4833°N 89.6083°E . It has 27192 units of house hold and total area 1461.22 km².
Administration Mongla thana was established in 1976 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of 1 municipality 7 union parishads, 37 mouzas and 77 village.
Mongla (Town) stands on the river Pashur. It is the second biggest sea-port of the country. It consists of 9 wards and 13 mahallas. Mongla municipality was established in 1991. The area of the town is 17.79 sq km. The town has a population of 60561; male 57.27%, female 42.73%. The density of population is 2943 per sq km. The literacy rate among the town people is 53.6%. The town has one dakbungalow.
Mongla Upazila (bagerhat district) with an area of 1461.22 sq km, is bounded by rampal upazila on the north, the bay of bengal on the south, morrelganj and sarankhola upazilas on the east, dacope upazila on the west. Main rivers are pasur and Mongla.
Population 137947; male 54.73%, female 45.27%; Muslim 71.31%, Hindu 24.95% and others 3.74%.
Newspapers and periodicals Daily Sundarban, Weekly Dokhin Barta and weekly Mongla.
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