St. Martin's Island of Bangladesh

St. Martin's Island

St. Martin's Island of Bangladesh

St. Martin's Island

Location: Bay of Bengal

Coordinates: 20°37′38.12″N 92°19′21.28″E

Area: 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)

Country: Bangladesh

Demographics:

Population: 7,000 (as of 2006)

Density: 875 /km2 (2,266 /sq mi)

St. Martin's Island is a small island (area only 8 sq. km) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chhera island.

It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the mouth of the Naf River. The first settlement started just 250 years ago by some Arabian Sailors who named the island ‘Zajira’. During British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. The local names of the island are "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel Jinjira/Jinjera", which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali, and "Daruchini Dip". It is the only coral island in Bangladesh.

In the past 5 years St. Martin's visitor population has increased dramatically. While this situation has proven to be lucrative for the islanders, it is causing the natural beauty of the island to deteriorate. Presently there are many efforts being put forth to preserve the several endangered species of turtles that nest on the island, as well as the corals, some of which are found only on Narikel Jinjera. Pieces of the coral reef are being removed in order to be sold to tourists.Nesting turtles are sometimes taken for food, and their hatchlings are often distracted by the twinkling lights along the beach. Species of fish, a few just recently discovered, are being overfished. Every year the fishermen must venture further out to sea to get their catch. Most of them use motorless boats.

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Sonadia Island of Bangladesh

Sonadia Island 

Sonadia Island of Bangladesh

Sonadia Island is a small island of about 9 km2 offshore of the Cox's Bazaar coast in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.Sonadia is seen as a potential deepwater port lying on the Bay of Bengal that could serve the landlocked parts of India, Myanmar and China.Rail connections have yet to be built, and the question of gauge has yet to be resolved as the following gauges are in use or possible.

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Sandwip Island of bangladesh

Sandwip Island

Sandwip Island of bangladesh

Sandwip is an island along the south eastern coast of Bangladesh in the Chittagong District. It is also spelled "Sandvip". Both spellings are commonly used although the transliteration of the name would in fact be Shondip. It is part of the sub-district called Sandwip Upazila.

It is situated at the estuary of the Meghna River on the Bay of Bengal and separated from the Chittagong coast by the Sandwip channel. It has a population of nearly 350,000. There are as many as fifteen different wards, 62 mahallas and 34 villages on Sandwip Island. The entire island is 50 kilometers long and 5-15 kilometers wide. It is located at the north-eastern side of The Bay of Bengal, nearby the main port city of Chittagong. It is bounded by Companiganj on the north, Bay of bengal on the south, Sitakunda and Mirsharai, and Sandwip Channel on the east, Noakhali Sadar, Hatiya and Meghna estuary on the west. About three hundred ships of salt per year were loaded for export from the Sandwip port.[clarification needed] It also had a ship building industry. Then the Turkish president Solaiman Demirel when came to Chittagong in 1994 imported a gun ship from Sandwip port.

Sandwip Island in Bangladesh has a great historical legacy. The island itself is about 3000 years old[3] and it has been ruled by many different people over the centuries, including Delwar Khan. It was a Portuguese and Arakanese pirate stronghold during the 17th century and even today some of the architecture on the island reflects this part of the island’s history. However, the governor of Bengal saw fit to put an end to this in 1665 as part of attempts to stop his people from being misled by the wild fancies of these nonreligious and thieving individuals. Under British rule its location proved to be a bit of an administrative problem. Today it is well and truly a part of Bangladesh. It is supposed that Sandwip was connected with Chittagong original land and disconnected by natural disasters.[2]

Tansi reported on Lower Gangas (150) in which he included Sandwip. Sandwip is mentioned at The Baros Map (1560). Cesar Fredarich visited in Sandwip in 1565 and noted it as old island. Parcuch described 300 years old mosque in this area (1620). Sanchan the Abevel mentioned Sandwip in his drawing map and he also mentioned Vulua, Bengla, Chattagram and Dhaka with it. Sri Rajkumar Chakrabarty mentioned in his History of Sandwip about 400 or 500 years old plants (1923). It is also found in The Anvel Curt’s drawing map (1752).

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Nijhum Dwip Island of Bangladesh

Nijhum Dwip Island

Nijhum Dwip Island of Bangladesh

Nijhum Dwip which means Quiet Island, is a small island under Hatiya upazila. It is situated in Noakhali District in Bangladesh. Once it was called Char Osman

Map Of Nijhum Dwip. A cluster of islands (mainly, Ballar Char, Kamlar char,Char Osman and Char Muri) emerged in the early 1950s as an alluvium in the shallow estuary of the Bay of Bengal On the south of Noakhali. These new sandbanks first drew the notice of a group of fishermen, who named it Baular Char (literally, the alluvium of sand) later transformed into Ballar Char. Occupying an area of 14050 acres the island situated between 21 0 1 / to 22 0 6 /north latitude and 90 0 3 / to 91 0 4 / east longitude

Migratory Birds in Nijhum Dwip. During winter, thousands of migratory birds flock in to island. The fishermen use the airy and sunny land as an ideal place for drying their catches from the sea. Sometimes many of them also construct straw huts on the island as seasonal residences.

In 1974 the Forest Department took an aforestation program for a duration of twenty years in the north side of the island. Covering an area of nine thousand acres, it has now developed into a deep forest with a variety of plant species. Among the trees Keora is much seen. Besides this Gewa, Kankra, Bain, Babul, Karamja, Pashur and many other species are seen.

On 8 th April, 2001 the government declared the 40390 acres of forest of Jahajmara range including 9550 acres of forest land on Nijhum Dwip as a National Park for the protection and development of the biodiversity of the forest. But in practice, there a very lazy appearance of that declaration.

It was named 'Nijhum Dwip' by former Minister Amirul Islam Kalam in 1979 observing its isolation and mild nature.

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Manpura Island Of Bangladesh

Manpura Island

Manpura Island Of Bangladesh

Manpura Island is an island in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, at the mouth of the Meghna river. The island has an area of 373 km2. Other major offshore islands of this region are Bhola Island (which is the largest) and Hatia Island. All of these islands are densely populated.Monpura is one of the famous nice island at Bhola in Bangladesh. Small Monpura island under charfashion subdistrict full of forest under forestry. The main attractions of monpura are Spotted deer, Monkey, python and lots of different kinds of Birds. The greens formed  by the Forest Department  about a decade ago and the natural beauty has turned coastal Monpura island  into an attractive tourist places. Animals were also released at same time. During winter season, lots of foreign birds come to the islands. The main attractive feature of this Island is one can see both sunrise and sunset from here. 

This Island has different historical importance from colonial times. About 600 years ago, Portuguese pirates used to take shelter in the Monpura  island. When the Portugueses were left the island, people from Bhola, Laxmipur and Noakhali started living there. This island is also play role in British India. In 1800, the rebellious salt-producers attacked the head office of the Greek businessman Demotirus in South Shahbajpur and killed his employee Paliolgas. three hundred fourteen salt-producers were carrested at the order of District Magistrate Middleton. For that three hundred fifty salt-producers of this Island went elsewhere in 1818.

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Kutubdia Island Of Bangladesh

Kutubdia Island

Kutubdia Island Of Bangladesh

Kutubdia Island

Coordinates: 21°49′N 91°51.5′ECoordinates: 21°49′N 91°51.5′E

Country: Bangladesh

Division: Chittagong Division

District: Cox's Bazar District

Area:

Total: 215.8 km2 (83.3 sq mi)

Population (1991)

Total: 95,055

Density: 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)

Time zone: BST (UTC+6)

Kutubdia is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The upazila consists of an island in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast near Chakaria, Cox's Bazar.Kutubdia is located at 21.8167°N 91.8583°E. It has 14,463 households and total area 215.8 square kilometres (83.3 sq mi). Climate change and sea level rise threaten to submerge the island in the Bay of Bengal.A police station at Kutubdia was established in 1917. The island was upgraded into an upazila in 1983. Saint Hazrat Abdul Malek Shah was born on this island.Kutubdia has an area of 36 square miles (93 km2), 18 miles (29 km) in length and 2 miles (3.2 km) in breadth. It is famous for the only lighthouse in Bangladesh which was built by the British during the British rule. Kutubdia is rich in producing salt and dried fish, locally known as 'Shutki'.As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kutubdia has a population of 95055. Males constitute are 51.66% of the population, and females 48.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 41755. Kutubdia has an average literacy rate of 24.1% (7+ years), the national average being 32.4% literate. The most populated area is Ali Akbar Dale. Thousands of visitors visit this island daily due to journeys and other business related work.Kutubdia has 6 Unions/Wards, 9 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 29 villages. The only town of the island is the Borogoph town, with an area of 9.82 square kilometres.

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Hatiya Island Of Bangladesh

Hatiya Island

Hatiya Island Of Bangladesh

Hatiya Island

Coordinates: 22°22′N 91°7.5′ECoordinates: 22°22′N 91°7.5′E

Country: Bangladesh

Division: Chittagong Division

District: Noakhali District

Area: Total 1,508.23 km2 (582.33 sq mi)

Population (1991)

Total: 295,501

Density: 196/km2 (510/sq mi)

Time zone: BST (UTC+6)

Postal code: 3890

Hatiya is an Upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. There is an island with the same name that is located in this upazilla.Hatiya upazilla is located at 22.3667°N 91.1250°E. It has 47970 units of house hold and total area 1508.23 km². A small island, known as Nijhum Dwip is located in this upazilla.As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Hatiya has a population of 295501. Males constitute are 50.73% of the population, and females 49.27%. This Upazila's 18+ population is 125512. Hatiya has an average literacy rate of 21% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.Hatiya has 10 Unions, viz. Boyar char, Carrying char (recently established), Char king, Char Ishwar, Tamaruddi, Burir char, Sonadia,Jahajmara, Nijhum dwip (recently established). There are 53 Mauzas/Mahallas and 69 villages in this upazilla.

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Bhola Island Of Bangladesh

Bhola Island

Bhola Island Of Bangladesh

Bhola Island

Location: Bay of Bengal

Coordinates: 22°30′N 90°45′ECoordinates: 22°30′N 90°45′E

Area: 1,441 km2 (556.4 sq mi)

Length: 90 km (56 mi)

Width: 25 km (15.5 mi)

Country: Bangladesh

Demographics:

Population: 1,675,000

Density: 1,162.39 /km2 (3,010.58 /sq mi)

Bhola Island (also called Dakhin Shahbazpur) is the largest island of Bangladesh with an area of 1441 km². It is situated at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a district under Barisal Division. There are ferry services from Maju Chowdhury Ghat, Lakshmipur District and from Barisal town.

In 1995, half of the island became flooded, leaving 500,000 people homeless.

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Chhera Island of Bangladesh

Chhera Island

Chhera Island of Bangladesh

Chhera island (Bengali: Chhera Dwip), also called Cheradia Island or Cheridia Island, is an extension of St. Martin's Island but divided by sea during tides. During low tide period, the Chhera island can be reached by walking for about two and a half hours from St. Martin's Island. Most popular medium is by local motorboat or tourist boat. Corals can be found all over the island. Island's has a beautiful small bush area which is also the only green region of it. No permanent settlement is established except for tourists.

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