Barguna District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Barisal Division
- Established
- 28 February 1984
- Headquarters
- Barguna
- Deputy commissioner
- Mrs. Taslima Aktar
- Total
- 1,831.31 km (707.07 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 27 m (89 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- −3 m (−9.8 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0448
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-02
- Hdi 2018
- 0.586 , medium · 16th of 21
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- বরগুনা জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Barisal Division
- Contains
- Taltali Upazila
- Capital
- Barguna
- Population
- 1010531
- Area
- 1831.31
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Patuakhali District
- Official website
- www.barguna.gov.bd
- Households
- 179968
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- topic's main category
- Category:Barguna District
- Commons category
- Barguna District
- male population
- 430322
- female population
- 418232
- native label
- বরগুনা জেলা
- inception
- 1984-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Barguna District (Bengali: বরগুনা জেলা; Bengali pronunciation: [borˈguna d͡ʒela]) is a district in Barisal Division, in southern Bangladesh. Barguna subdivision was established in 1969 and promoted to a district on 28 February 1984.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barguna District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.