3. Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s bazar is a seaside town, a fishing port and district headquarter in
Bangladesh, is known for it’s wide and long beach which is considered
as the world’s longest natural sandy beach. The beach in Cox’s bazar is
unbroken 125 kilometers sandy sea beach with a gentle slope.
4. Cox’s bazar
It consists of 8 Upazilas , 27 wards , 67 Union
parishad and 975 villages.
Upazilas : Cox’s bazar sadar , Chakaria,Ramu
Ukhiya,Teknaf,Kutubdia, Pekua and
Maheshkhali.
Population: 17 lacs 57 thousand 3 hundred 21
people
5. History
In 1799 the East India company
appointed captain Hiram Cox to
rehabilitate the Arakanese
Refugees. On arrival there , he
defeated the Burmese king in a
battle and rehabilitated the
Refugees . After the war he set up a
market in that place which was
called Cox’s Bazar after him.
6. Tourist attractions
The flamboyant township at the head of a 120 km
long beach with lines of fancy shops on either sides
of Cox’s bazar main road ,calm and peaceful
Khyangs and Pagodas , Rakhyne quarters , fish
harbour of Kostura ghat , the sights of the rising
sun and setting of it into The Bay of Bengal – all
together gives the aura of a fairy land – a tourist
paradise.
7. Laboni beach
Laboni beach is the main
beach of Cox’s bazar .It is the
closest sea beach to the town.
Inani beach
Inani beach is located 35 km
south of Cox’s bazar main town.
It is famous for its golden sand
and clean water.
8. Himchari
Himchari is located about
18 km south to the Cox’s
bazar main town . It is
famous for its water fall.
St. Martin’s Island
The only coral island
In Bangladesh .It is a
famous tourist spot.
9. Teknaf
A romantic old-world
township in the southern tip
of Bangladesh territory going
through the Myanmar high
hill ranges across the river
Naf.
Moheshkhali
An island in the Bay in the
north western direction of
Cox’s bazar.
10. Sonadia
It is about 7 km away
from Cox’s bazar main
town and about 9 square
km in area.
Ramu
A small buddhist village
Ramu is 15 km away from
Cox’s bazar town. World
biggest Buddhist temple is
situated in Ramu.