1st settlement started simply 250 years past by some Arabian Sailors and named as ‘Zajira’. succeeding the nativesettlers named as Narikel Jinjira. throughout British occupation the island was named as St. Martin Island. The characteristic of 12km long sandy ocean beach is incredibly pleasant having with mild slope. Crystal clean water with wealthy diverseness and pure nature play the very important role to draw in the tourists. The southern trip of the island is wooded by some angiospermous tree species like Keya, Khalshi, Kirpa, Horgoza and Jhao. Planted trees also are there with coconut, battle nut , bamboo, mango and different native vegetation. There square measure currently over 6500 folks for good settled there and their main occupation is fishing.
The marine lifetime of the island is incredibly wealthy with completely different variety of ocean fishes like Pamfret, Maccaral, Tona, Gruiter etc. There also are numerous variety of shruips, lobstar, King crab and rare species of Macrocheira kaempferi is found in a perfect environment. This island is specially attracted the natural scientists to be a securerefuge for hatching of various variety of ocean turtles like Lepidochelys olivacea turtle, Hocksbill turtle, sea turtleand loggerhead.
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The total space of this little island is barely fourteen klick and 20km distance from the land of Shahpari Island on the southern tip of Teknaf.