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| History | |||
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Ancient name of Cox's
Bazar was Bakoli, Mid-seventeenth's name was PENGWA. The Rakhyne word
PENGWA means yellow flower. Burmese King Monwaing attacked Cox's Bazar in
1784. He killed the Arakanese King Thamada and took control of the area.
So the Arakanese left the area to take shelter in the Chittagong Hill
Tracts and Patuakhali. The Government of the then East India Company
appointed Captain Hiram Cox as Superintendent and assigned him to
rehabilitate the Arakanese refugees. On arrival there in 1799, he defeated
the Burmese king in a battle and rehabilitated the Arakanese refugees.
After the war, he set up a bazar (market) in that place which was named as
Cox's Bazar after him.
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| Total Area : 2491.86 sq. km | |||
| Population : About 2.2 million | |||
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Cox's Bazar - A Tourist Paradise |
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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 behind the hills and setting of it into the Bay of Bengal- all
together gives the aura of a fairy land- a tourist paradise.
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Inani |
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Lovesome patches of
beaches perched between the sea and the hills behind, some 30 km down
south along the sea-front from Cox's Bazar, Inani is a quiet tourist
hideout set out in the exuberance of nature. Reachable by public transport
plying between Cox's Bazar- Teknaf and by four wheel jeeps driving along
the beach.
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Himchhari |
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A beauty spot in the
solitude of the sea and the hills. About four and a half km southeast from
Cox's Bazar along the beach. A four wheeled beach drive during low tide
hours or part of the way on donkey or elephant back and the remainder
afoot would be a rewarding memory.
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| Attractions around Cox's Bazar | |||
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Ramu |
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| A small Buddist village Ramu is 15 km away from Cox's Bazar. Attractions include ancient Buddist temple and Khyang, Ramkot Bonashram, Tirthadham, rubber gardens, Buddhist locality Red Chin Khyang, White Chin Khyang, Jhorkhyang. Ramu is half an hour bus ride from Cox's Bazar. Taxi and minibus are available too. | |||
| Moheshkhali | |||
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An island in the Bay in
the.north western direction off Cox's Bazar. The island is dotted here and
there with forested hills with the ancient Adinath Temple and a buddhist
vihara in its midst, fishermen's villages and the Rakhyne villages etc.
are greater attractions of the island. Engine boats and trawlers ply
between the island and Cox's Bazar main land every hour throughout the
day.
Speed-boats and trawlers ferry across passengers regularly. Speed-boats take 10-15 minutes and trawlers half an hour. |
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This is a maiden island
of Cox's Bazar across the Bay. Under the wide open blue sky fishing
community, dry fish processing and colonies of the red sea crabs are
attractions of the island.
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| Teknaf | |||
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Teknaf, a romantic
old-world border township in the southern tip of Bangladesh territory
looking up to the Myanmar high hill ranges across the river Naf. Teknaf is
85 km from Cox's Bazar by road and 120 km by the beach along the sea. One
can reach there by public transport that leaves Cox's Bazar every hour. It
is about 2 hours' journey each way.
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St. Martin's Island |
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Drifted amidst the
immense blue water of the Bay of Bengal, country's only coral island is
St. Martin's. Its local name is Narikel Jinjira. Attractions are beaches
around the island, coral stones, coconut groves, sea crabs, turtle shells
and pearls. One can reach there by engine boat across the Bay from Teknaf.
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| How to reach Cox's Bazar | |||
| 154 km from Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is connected by a well-built highway. There are Dhaka-Chittagong- Cox's Bazar round ways Biman (Bangladesh Airlines) flight 3 days a week and flights from private airlines like GMG airlines and United Airways operating flights to and from Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazar by waterways from Chittagong is a romantic journey. | |||
| Where to stay | |||
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Hotels and Motels of
Bangladesh Parjatan (Tourism) Corporation are good tourist accommodations.
Prior reservation is advisable (Tel: 88-02-989928890, 88-02-881 1 1 09).
Room rent range from Tk. 1200 to Tk. 3800. Good many private hotels are
available in Cox's Bazar where room rent varies from tk 500 to tk 5000.
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| Where to enjoy food | |||
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Parjatan Restaurant
Shagorika at Hotel Shaibal, Upal & Probal Motel restaurant are the eating
places from the Tourist Corporation. Privately owned restaurants such as
Jhuban, Bakoli, Diamond, Niribili, Shojoni are worth trying. Prices are
reasonable.
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