Khulna

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city metropolitan city port city

Khulna is a major industrial and port city in southwestern Bangladesh, situated on the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers and serving as a key gateway to the Sundarbans mangrove forest.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Khulna City Corporation 1
Khulna District 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
metropolitan city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
administrativeStatus headquarters of Khulna District ⓘ
headquarters of Khulna Division ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
countrySubdivision District: Khulna District ⓘ
Division: Khulna Division ⓘ
economySector fertilizer production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
jute processing ⓘ
seafood processing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
economyType industrial ⓘ
governingBody Khulna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khulna City Corporation
hasFeature access to Sundarbans waterways ⓘ
industrial zones ⓘ
port facilities ⓘ
riverfront ⓘ
hasPort river port ⓘ
hasTransport highway connection ⓘ
railway connection ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
isGatewayTo Sundarbans ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest
isMajor industrial city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
river port ⓘ
isPartOf People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
isThirdLargest city in Bangladesh by area and population (commonly cited) ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
locatedIn Khulna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khulna District

Khulna Division ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Bangladesh ⓘ
locatedNear Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Bhairab River ⓘ
Rupsha River ⓘ
nationalLanguage Bengali ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans Reserve Forest
regionType urban area ⓘ
timeZone Bangladesh Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +6 ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khulna → governingBody → Khulna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khulna City Corporation
Khulna → locatedIn → Khulna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khulna District
Bengal → majorCity → Khulna ⓘ