Shatkhira District

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Shatkhira District is a southwestern district of Bangladesh known for its proximity to the Sundarbans mangrove forest and its location along the border with India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeUnitOf Bangladesh NERFINISHED
borderFunction cross-border trade area
borderRole frontier district with India
borders India NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED
borderTypeWithIndia land border
contains agricultural land
parts of the Sundarbans
rural areas
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
hasBorderType international land border
hasCapital Satkhira NERFINISHED
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
forestry
shrimp farming
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands
mangrove forest
hasEnvironment coastal zone
deltaic plain
hasHazard cyclones
salinity intrusion
storm surges
hasHeadquarters Satkhira town NERFINISHED
hasMinorityReligion Hinduism NERFINISHED
hasProtectedArea Sundarbans Reserved Forest NERFINISHED
hasReligionMajority Islam NERFINISHED
hasTransportLink road connection to Jessore
road connection to Khulna
knownFor mangrove ecosystem
proximity to the Sundarbans mangrove forest
language Bengali NERFINISHED
locatedIn Khulna Division NERFINISHED
Sundarbans region NERFINISHED
southwestern Bangladesh
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInSubregion South Asia NERFINISHED
locatedOn Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta NERFINISHED
partOf Khulna administrative division NERFINISHED
sovereignState People's Republic of Bangladesh NERFINISHED
timezone Bangladesh Standard Time NERFINISHED
UTCOffset +6
writingSystem Bengali script

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Division: Khulna Division containsDistrict Shatkhira District
subject surface form: Khulna Division