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Cox's Bazar is named after Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the East India Company, who was assigned with the charges of the current day Cox's Bazar and its adjacent areas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The town of Cox's Bazar was established in 1799 as a market town to honour Captain Cox.
Cox's Bazar District: Cox's Bazar: Mujibur Rahman AL: Chakaria: Alamgir Chowdhuri AL: Maheshkhali: Maqsud Mia AL: Teknaf: Md Islam AL: Bandarban District: Bandarban: Mohammah Islam Baby AL: Lama Md Jahirul Islam AL: Khagrachari District: Khagrachari Nirmalendu Chowdhury AL: Ramgarh Kazi Shahjahan Ripon AL: Matiranga Shamsul Haq AL
In 1984, Cox's Bazar subdivision was promoted to a district, and five years later (in 1989) the Cox's Bazar municipality was elevated to B-grade. [9] In 1994 (jobs) the Marine Fisheries and Technology Station (MFTS) was established at Cox's Bazar. MFTS is a research station of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) headquartered in ...
Teknaf (Bengali: টেকনাফ Ṭeknaf) is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh (St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point overall). The name of the region comes from the Naf River which forms the eastern
Cox's Bazar District: 294 Cox's Bazar-1: Chakaria Upazila and Pekua Upazila: 295 Cox's Bazar-2: Kutubdia Upazila and Maheshkhali Upazila: 296 Cox's Bazar-3: Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila and Ramu Upazila: 297 Cox's Bazar-4: Ukhia Upazila and Teknaf Upazila: Chittagong Hill Tracts: 298 Khagrachari: Khagrachari District: 299 Rangamati: Rangamati ...
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila had a population of 417,365. Ethnic population was 4,048 (0.97%), of which the Rakhine were 3,494. At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Cox's Bazar Sadar had a population of 253,788, of whom 117,509 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 53.94% of the population, and females 46.06%.
Other major cities with a stronger economy and developer infrastructure after these five best cities are Sylhet, Bogra, Rangpur, Barishal, Jessore, Kushtia, Feni, Cox's Bazar, Mymenshing, Dinajpur, Pabna, Brahmanbaria, Narsingdi, Bholo, Gopalganj, etc. The following table shows the largest populated area within a local government area.
Cox's Bazar Development Authority was established in 2016 following the passage of an act in the Parliament. [3] [4] The authority is responsible for developing the plans to turn Cox's Bazar into a major tourist city. [5] In 2019, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authority to develop a master plan for the development of Cox's Bazar. [6]