Barisal Division

Barisal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh, located in the south-central part of the country. It covers 13,225 square kilometres and had 9,325,820 residents at the 2022 census, which makes it the least populous division in Bangladesh. It is bounded by Dhaka Division to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the south, Chittagong Division to the east and Khulna Division to the west. The division is named after its headquarters, the city of Barisal, which lies in the Padma River delta on an offshoot of the Arial Khan River. The greater Barisal region, Barisal District with five neighbouring districts, was created as Barisal Division on 1 January 1993, and the division is subdivided into six districts and 42 upazilas. Numerous rivers cross it, and its rice, river and canal landscape earned it a well known Bengali rhyming nickname.