Cox's Bazaar

কক্সবাজার Cox’s Bazaar
Coordinates	21 ° 27 '  N , 91 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 21 ° 27 '  N , 91 ° 59'  E
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
division	Chittagong
District	Cox's Bazaar
Residents	167,477 (2011)
Sunset on the beach at Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar ( Bengali : কক্সবাজার , Kaksabājār ) is a city in Bangladesh with 167,477 inhabitants. It is located over 150 km south of the port city of Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal and is the administrative seat of the Cox’s Bazar district .

With its nearby 120 km long sandy beach, it is a popular destination for domestic and foreign tourists and thus the largest seaside resort in Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar is also known for its fishing .

The city was named after the British officer Hiram Cox who worked for the East India Company ; Lieutenant Cox died there in 1798.

The largest refugee camp in the world, the Kutupalong refugee camp , is also located in Cox's Bazar.

Population development

year	population
1974	15,720
1981	29,614
1991	46,887
2001	51,918
2011	167,477

Transport and infrastructure

There are ferries to St. Martin's Island in the south and there is an airport with flights to the capital Dhaka . A connection from Cox's Bazar to the Bangladesh Railway operated Bangladeshi railway network is planned. On September 28, 2016, plans were presented according to which a 102-kilometer-long railway line would be built between Cox's Bazar and the Dohazari railway station near Chittagong. The financing is to take place in part through a loan from the Asian Development Bank .

In Cox's Bazar, the land port is of Bangladesh to the SEA-ME-WE-4 - submarine .

Attractions

The city beach, which is one of the longest in the world, is popular with tourists. Other attractions include the Himchari National Park , a small nature park south of the city, the Aggmeda Chyang Buddhist monastery and the Dulhazra Safari Park . Due to the relative proximity of the border with Myanmar , Buddhist places of worship are much more common than in the rest of Bangladesh.

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  Aung Chan Sa Nine Planet Pagoda in Cox's Bazar

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  Buddhist temple on Maheshkali Island near Cox's Bazar

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  Beach at Cox's Bazar

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  Submarine cable station

climate

The climate in Cox's Bazar is hot and humid and strongly determined by the monsoons .

Cox's Bazaar
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     4.1   27 15th     17th   29 17th     35   31 21st     122   32 24     287   32 25th     802   31 25th     925   30th 25th     667   30th 25th     330   31 25th     214   32 24     109   30th 21st     13   28 17th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Bangladesh Meteorological Department

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Cox's Bazar Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 26.7 28.5 30.9 32.1 32.3 30.7 30.0 30.2 30.9 31.6 30.0 27.5 O 30.1 Min. Temperature (° C) 15.0 17.0 20.7 23.9 25.1 25.2 25.1 25.0 25.0 24.3 21.1 16.5 O 22nd Precipitation ( mm ) 4.1 17.0 34.7 121.8 286.8 801.9 924.6 667.1 330.1 213.6 109.4 13.0 Σ 3,524.1 Source: Bangladesh Meteorological Department

Web links

Commons : Cox's Bazar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangladesh: Districts and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved July 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Kayes Sohel: ADB loans BD $ 1.7bn for Trans-Asian Railway, rail development. Dhaka Tribune, September 28, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Monthly Minimum Temperature. Bangladesh Meteorological Department, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Monthly Maximum Temperature. Bangladesh Meteorological Department, accessed November 5, 2016 . 
5. ^ Normal Monthly Rainfall. Bangladesh Meteorological Department, accessed November 5, 2016 .