Barguna District (Barisal division) a coastal district, with an area of 1831.31 sq km, is bounded on the north by jhalokati, barisal, pirojpur and patuakhali districts, on the east by Patuakhali district, on the south by Patuakhali, the bay of bengal, on the west by pirojpur and bagerhat districts. Noted rivers are Payra, bishkhali and Baleshwar. Average annual temperature: maximum 33.3°C and minimum 12.1°C; annual rainfall 2506 mm (1997).


Barguna (Town) consists of 9 wards and 18 mahallas with an area of 15.57 sq km. The town has a population of 26484; male 53.89%, female 46.11%. Barguna municipality was established in 1973. The literacy rate among the town people is 56.6%. The town has three dakbungalows.

Administration Barguna thana was established at the end of the eighteenth century. It was elevated to a sub-division in 1969 and the sub-division was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 5 upazilas, 38 union parishads, 238 mouzas, 560 villages, 4 municipalities, 44 wards and 49 mahallas. The upazilas are barguna sadar, amtali, patharghata, betagi, bamna.