Khulna
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Khulna, city, southwestern Bangladesh, in Khulna District, on the
Kazi Bacha River, near the Ganges delta. An industrial city and trade center, it
is a rail terminus and junction for river traffic; oceangoing vessels are
serviced at the port of Chalna to the south. The surrounding swampy area
contains forests and peat deposits, and rice, sugarcane, dates, coconuts, jute,
and tobacco are grown here. Among industries in the city are rice, oilseed, and
jute milling; cotton-textile weaving; shipbuilding; fishing; sawmilling; and the
manufacture of newsprint, matches, and salt. A power station is the center of an
irrigation project for the area. Population (1991) 601,051.
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