Shatkhira District

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Shatkhira District is a southwestern district of Bangladesh known for its proximity to the Sundarbans mangrove forest and its location along the border with India.

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Shatkhira District canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeUnitOf Bangladesh
borderFunction cross-border trade area
borderRole frontier district with India
borders India
West Bengal
borderTypeWithIndia land border
contains agricultural land
parts of the Sundarbans
rural areas
country Bangladesh
hasBorderType international land border
hasCapital Satkhira
linked to: Satkhira District
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
forestry
shrimp farming
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands
mangrove forest
hasEnvironment coastal zone
deltaic plain
hasHazard cyclones
salinity intrusion
storm surges
hasHeadquarters Satkhira town
hasMinorityReligion Hinduism
hasProtectedArea Sundarbans Reserved Forest
linked to: Sundarbans
hasReligionMajority Islam
hasTransportLink road connection to Jessore
road connection to Khulna
knownFor mangrove ecosystem
proximity to the Sundarbans mangrove forest
language Bengali
locatedIn Khulna Division
Sundarbans region
linked to: Sundarbans

southwestern Bangladesh
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInSubregion South Asia
locatedOn Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta
partOf Khulna administrative division
linked to: Khulna Division
sovereignState People's Republic of Bangladesh
timezone Bangladesh Standard Time
UTCOffset +6
writingSystem Bengali script

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Khulna Division containsDistrict Shatkhira District
subject linked to: Division: Khulna Division