Burigoalini (
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
: বুড়িগোয়ালিনী) is a village in Burigoalini Union of
Shyamnagar Upazila
Shyamnagar ( bn, শ্যামনগর ) is an upazila of Satkhira District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is the biggest upazila of Bangladesh. It is close to the Sundarbans.
Geography
Shyamnagar is located at . It has 46,592 h ...
in
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. ...
,
Bangladesh
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that is located on the northwestern fringe of 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 R ...
forest.
The name "Burigoalini" is rather old and refers to a local woman who once had thriving fishponds, rice
paddies, and
pasture
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s there for
milk cows. Now, however, the land is covered with
shrimp farm
Shrimp farming is an aquaculture business that exists in either a marine or freshwater environment, producing shrimp or prawns (crustaceans of the groups Caridea or Dendrobranchiata) for human consumption.
Marine
Commercial marine shrimp farming ...
s—basically flat water broken up by earthen embankments.
References
Populated places in Khulna Division
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