Bhola (island)
| Bhola | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Bengal | |
| Geographical location | 22 ° 30 ′ N , 90 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| length | 90 km | |
| width | 25 km | |
| surface | 1 441 km² | |
| Residents | 1,675,000 1162 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Bhola | |
Bhola , also Dakhin Shahbazpur , is the largest island in Bangladesh with a land area of 1,441 km². The island in the Meghna Delta is part of the Bhola district and has around 1.7 million inhabitants. The island can be reached by ferry. Bhola itself has a good infrastructure. The energy supply is guaranteed by a local gas field.
In November 1975 one of the last major smallpox epidemics of the 20th century broke out on the island .
In 1995 the island was half flooded, which left around 500,000 people homeless. The flood disaster is related to the rise in sea levels due to global warming .
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- ↑ Emily Wax: In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats. In: Washington Post. September 27, 2007.