Jessore
Jessore, officially known as Jashore, যশোর ) is a city in and district headquarter of Jessore District and second largest city in the division of Khulna, south-western Bangladesh. It is the capital of Jashore District. Jashore City consists of 9 wards and 73 mahalls. Jashore municipality was established in 1864. The area of the town is 25.72 km2. It had a population of 201,796 at the 2011 census. The literacy rate was 56.57% in 1991. It is the location of the Bangladesh Air Force base Matiur Rahman. It is near Bookbhora Oxbow Lake.
It is the birthplace of Sanatana Goswami who was the principal disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
