Sandwip

Sandwip is an island along the south eastern coast of Bangladesh.It is a sub-division of Chittagong District. It is situated at the estuary of the Meghna River on the Bay of Bengal. It is separated from the Chittagong coast by the Sandwip channel.It has a population of nearly 400,000.There are 15 unions in Sandwip. Sandwip is a historical island of Bangladesh.It is located at the nort-eastern side of The Bay of Bengal, nearby the main portcity Of the country,e,g; Chittagong. It is one of the most ancient islands of Bangladesh. The age of the island is about three thousand years.It was ruled by different outsiders in differnt periods of time.Once upon a time it was an idependent sttate ruled by Delwar Khan. Then it was undergone different rullerss. It was a lucrative place for the foreigners. This is why the people from Arab, Portugal, Burma, etc came to the island and tried to take over the power to exploit the islandes and its wealth. The island was very fertile and the people of sandwip were very clever and industrious. So, Sandwip could grow a large amount of crops like paddy, dal, vegetables, wheat,coconut,battle leaf etc. About three hundred ships of salt per year were loaded for export from then Sandwip port. It was also a renoun port for ship bulding industry. The rhen Turkish president Solaiman Demirel when came to Chittagong(1994) cited that they imported their gun ship from Sandwip port as the ships made in sandwip were best ones among the world. Still sandwip is a fertile land to produce differnt types of crops, coconut, melon, and many fruits like mango, pine apple,gaab,jam etc.

Geography

Sandwip is located at 22.4833° N 91.4417° E . It has aproximately 45389 units of house hold and total area 90 km²

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGRBangladeh, Sandwip has a population of 272179. Males constitute are 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 122499. Sandwip has an average literacy rate of 35% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Sandwip has 15 Unions/Wards, 62 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 34 vilages.

Sadnwip Airport

The government of East Pakistan decided to establish an airport in Sandwip before liberation war. At that time half of the work was done. After the liberation, 35 years has passed but we still couldn't finish the work. In failure to accomplish the task, may be a private airport proposal could be submitted to Bangladesh government to revive the project. A good aspect till today that International Airport Information System still has the records of Sandwip Airport. To find our more.....
Bangladesh - Sandwip - Airport Details in pdf