Barisal District is a
district in
southern Bangladesh and is also the
headquarter of
Barisal Division.
Formerly the
district was called
Bakerganj which was
established as a
district in
1797. It was a
municipality from 1876 to 2002 and
upgraded to city
corporation in 2002.
Barisal was
declared a
division on 1
January, 1993.
Barisal district
consists of one city
corporation, five
municipalities, 66 wards, 111
mahallas, 10 upazilas, 86 union parishads, 1147
mouzas and 1175
villages.
