Cox's Bazar is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in south eastern near Chattogram Bangladesh.
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19 Facts About Cox's Bazar
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Cox's Bazar is known by the name Panowa, which translates literally as "yellow flower".
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Name Cox's Bazar originated from the name of a British East India Company officer, Captain Hiram Cox, who was appointed as the Superintendent of Palonki outpost.
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Cox's Bazar succeeded Warren Hastings, who became the Governor of Bengal following the British East India Company Act in 1773.
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Cox's Bazar rehabilitated many refugees in the area, but died in 1799 before finishing his work.
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Cox's Bazar was first established in 1854 and became a municipality in 1869.
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Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim, the first post-independence chairman of Cox's Bazar Municipality, established the Tamarisk Forest along the beach.
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Cox's Bazar wanted to attract tourists as well as to protect the beach from tsunamis.
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Cox's Bazar donated much of his father-in-law's and his own lands as sites for constructing a public library and a town hall.
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Karim was inspired to build Cox's Bazar as a tourist spot after seeing beaches of Bombay and Karachi, and was a resort pioneer in developing Cox's Bazar as a destination.
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In 1971, Cox's Bazar wharf was used as a naval port by the Pakistan Navy's gunboats.
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In 1984, Cox's Bazar subdivision was promoted to a district, and five years later the Cox's Bazar municipality was elevated to B-grade.
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The climate of Cox's Bazar is mostly similar to the rest of the country, but with an even wetter southwest monsoon season due to its coastal location.
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The annual average temperature in Cox's Bazar is a maximum of 30.
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Cox's Bazar is one of the few major spots for aquaculture in Bangladesh.
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City of Cox's Bazar is served by Cox's Bazar Airport, located northwest of the city.
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In November 2020, Biman Bangladesh Airlines started flights between Sylhet and Cox's Bazar, which was the first direct flight between two cities without any connecting flight from Dhaka.
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Cox's Bazar Airport is in the process of being upgraded to an international airport in order to attract more tourists.
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