Cox's Bazar is a tourist city located in southeastern Bangladesh. It belongs to Cox's Bazar district of Chittagong division. Cox's Bazaar is famous for its natural beauty. Here is the longest continuous natural sandy beach in the world, which extends up to 155 kilometers (96 miles) from Cox's Bazar to Badmokam. Here are the largest marine fishing port of Bangladesh and the submarine cable landing station. Cox's Bazar was also known as Panoya, which literally means yellow flowers. Another ancient name is Palanki.
History
From the beginning of ninth century onwards in 1616, until the acquisition of Mughal, a large part of Chittagong, including Cox's Bazar, was included in the state of Arakan. The Mughal emperor Shah Shuja was fascinated by the natural beauty of Cox's Bazar on the way to Arakan on a mountainous road and ordered the establishment of the camp here. Nearly one thousand sarabe corksets of his journey took place in the name of Dulahajara Chakariya of Cox's Bazar. Dulhajara means thousands of sockets. After the Mughals, Tripura and Arkan, after that, the Portuguese and the British take control of this area.
The name of Cox's Bazar comes from Captain Hiram Cox, the name of an officer of the British East India Company. The former name of Cox's Bazar was Palanka. After the issuance of the British East India Company Ordinance, 1773 warrant hosting was appointed as governor of Bengal. Hiram Cox was appointed director general of Palakkhi. Captain Cox tries to resolve existing conflict between the Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. And made important progress in the rehabilitation of the refugees but died before the work was completely completed (1799). A market was established to keep its contribution remarkable, and it was named Cox's Bazaar Market. Cox's Bazar thana was first established in 1854 and the municipality was formed in 1869.
Location
Cox's Bazar is situated 152km south of Chittagong city. Its distance from Dhaka is 414 km. It is the largest tourism center in Bangladesh. The country's capital Dhaka can be reached by road and by buses to Cox's Bazar. The project to get railway line from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar has been accepted.
Cox's Bazar Airport
Many institutions have been formed here in the center of the tourism industry. Apart from many hotels built in private ventures, motel tourism centers, there are two five-star hotels near the beach. Besides, there is a zinc market for the tourists. The Burmese market has been developed with bahari goods from Myanmar (eastern name - Burma), Thailand, China etc., along the border.
Cox's Bazar houses many tribal or ethnographic populations which have made the city more diverse. Chakma community chief among these tribes. The Buddhist temple is a sacred pilgrimage site of Buddhists in Ramu, in the city of Cox's Bazar and its shores. There are several rare Buddhist statues in the temple in the city of Cox's Bazar. These temples and statues are one of the attractions and centers for tourists. Not only the sea in Cox's Bazar, there is also a river named Bankkhali. This river is very important for the city's fisheries industry. Cox's Bazar is famous as the most healthful place in Bangladesh.
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