Kuakata is a beach and tourism center in southwest Bangladesh. To the tourists, Kuakata is known as "the daughter of the sea". Kuakata, with a length of 18 kilometers, is one of the largest natural beach in Bangladesh. It is the only beach in Bangladesh from where both sunrise and sunset can be seen. Kuakata is located in Latachapali union of Mahipur thana of Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district. The distance from Dhaka to 380 kilometers, Barisal 108 kilometers.
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The history behind Arakan's arrival in the country is behind the Kuakata name. The word 'well' comes from 'coup'. It is believed that in the 18th century, the Arabs migrated to this region after being expelled from Burma by the Mughal rulers. So here they had digged a lot of wells or coupes to meet the lack of clean water, from that time the name of this region is called Kuakata.
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There are more tourist attractions nearby:
Fatrar Forest - Protected mangrove forest on the west side of the beach, which has been known as the 'second Sundarbans'; [3]
Quatara 'Kua' - At the beginning of the Rakhain Palli Keranipara near the Kuakata beach, there is an old coupe near a Buddhist temple; [2], page. 373)
Limit Buddhist Temple - Ancient Buddha Temple in the front of ancient well, which has a meditated Buddha statue made of about seventy-seven soul weight;
Karynipara - the village of Rakhain Adivasis started from front of the boundary Buddhist Temple;
Alipore Port - Alipore is one of the largest fishery business centers in the southern region, about four kilometers north of Kuakata;
Mithripara Buddhist Temple - A Buddhist temple located in Egyptripara, which is home to some Rakhain indigenous people, about eight kilometers east of Kuakata beach, which is the largest Buddhist monastery in the subcontinent;
Gongamati jungle - Gangnamati or Gajmati jungle near the Gangamati canal on the east side of Kuakata beach.