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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tour:: Cox's Bazar. Welcome to the world longest beach Cox’s Bazar




Welcome to the world longest beach Cox’s Bazar. Know about Cox’s Bazar before tour.
Cox's Bazar (Bengali: কক্সবাজার Kaksbājār) is a town, a fishing port and district headquarters in Bangladesh. It is known for its wide and long sandy beach which is considered by many as the world's longest natural sandy sea beach.  The beach in Cox's Bazar is an unbroken 125 km sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. It is located 150 km south of the industrial port Chittagong. Cox’s Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, whose literal translation means "yellow flower." Its other old name was "Palongkee".
The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox (died 1799), an officer serving in British India. An officer of the British East India Company, Captain Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee outpost after Warren Hastings became Governor of Bengal. Captain Cox was specially mobilised to deal with a century-long conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. He embarked upon the mammoth task of rehabilitating refugees in the area and made significant progress. A premature death took Captain Cox in 1799 before he could finish his work. To commemorate his role in rehabilitation work, a market was established and named Cox's Bazar ("Cox's Market") after him.

2 comments:

ac contractors said...

this is my dream place, i have been visit cox's bazar since 2007,it was very joyed time i have pasted. i hove i will go to again this place house extensions london

Grand Dhaka hotel said...

I like cox's bazar,Cox's Bazer is world longest beach in the word.there have lot of Natural beauty and Natural chi-nary, if i am wanna to chance i will visit there i hope. thanks for nice information accommodation in Dhaka | Hotel in Dhaka

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