Jessore

Jessore, officially Jashore, is a city in southwestern Bangladesh and the seat of Jessore District in Khulna Division. The municipality was established in 1864, covers about 21 square kilometres with 9 wards and 73 mahallas, and the 2022 census counted 209,352 people. It is home to the first flight training school of the Bangladesh Air Force, set up in 1971, and has a domestic airport. The present city was originally known as Kasba, and took its name from the surrounding pargana and zamindari estate of Jashore, a name that passed through the earlier capitals now called Ishwaripur and Murali. The district was the first to be freed by Bengali forces in the Liberation War, on 8 December 1971. It is the transport hub of southern Bangladesh, on the main railway line to Khulna.