Protapnagar Union () is a
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
in
Assasuni Upazila
Assasuni ( bn, আশাশুনি, ''Aashashooni'', ''Ashashuni'' , means ''hearing the hope'' ) is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Assasuni is located at . It has 40,735 households and a total area ...
of
Satkhira District
Satkhira ( bn, সাতক্ষীরা জেলা, pron: ''Satkhira'') is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River. T ...
, in
Khulna Division
The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...
, Bangladesh.
Pratapnagar is a village in the south-western part of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
near the
Sundarbans
Sundarbans (pronounced ) is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's division of Khulna to the Hooghly ...
in
Assasuni Upazila
Assasuni ( bn, আশাশুনি, ''Aashashooni'', ''Ashashuni'' , means ''hearing the hope'' ) is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Assasuni is located at . It has 40,735 households and a total area ...
,
Satkhira District
Satkhira ( bn, সাতক্ষীরা জেলা, pron: ''Satkhira'') is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River. T ...
.
The village is surrounded by big rivers and numerous canals. Pratapnagar is named after Raja Pratapaditya.
Pratapnagar Jame Mosque (1703) is dated back to Mughal Emperor
Aurangzeb
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...
.
See also
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List of villages in Bangladesh
This is a list of villages in Bangladesh. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some villages in Bangladesh may be cov ...
References
Unions of Assasuni Upazila
Populated places in Khulna Division
Villages in Satkhira District
Villages in Khulna Division
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