Cox's Bazar

▪ Bangladesh

      town, southeastern Bangladesh, situated along the Bay of Bengal (Bengal, Bay of). The town, constituted a municipality in 1869, was named for Hiram Cox, who supervised the settlement there of Arakanese refugees from conquest by Myanmar (Burma) in 1799. Ramu, 10 miles (16 km) to the east, is the site of a historic Buddhist temple. With a long unbroken beach and a small port, Cox's Bazar is a popular tourist resort, connected by road, rail, and air with Chittagong to the north. In addition to tourism, fish processing, salt production, ice making, printing, and the milling of rice, flour, and wood are among the town's major industries. Garment production and weaving, woodworking, and metalworking are prominent cottage industries. Pop. (2001) 51,938.

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