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Kuakata
is a town known for its all encompassing ocean shoreline. It is in southeastern
Bangladesh and is the number two vacationer goal in the nation. Kuakata
shoreline is a sandy span 18 kilometers in length and 3 kilometers wide. From
the shoreline one can have an unhampered perspective of both dawn and nightfall
over the Bay of Bengal.The
name Kuakata started from the word 'kua' — the Bengali word for
"well" which was burrowed on the seashore by the early Rakhine
pilgrims in mission of gathering drinking water. They arrived on the Kuakata
drift in the eighteenth century in the wake of being ousted from Arakan
(Myanmar) by the Mughals. Thereafter, it has turned into a convention of
delving wells in the areas of Rakhaine clans for water.
Kuakata
is in Kalapara Upazila, Patuakhali District. It is around 320 kilometers (200
mi) south of Dhaka, the capital, and around 70 kilometers (43 mi) from the area
central station. As per the 2011 Bangladesh statistics, Kuakata had 2,065
family units and a populace of 9,077.
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Kuakata
is a position of journey for Hindu and Buddhist people group. Incalculable
enthusiasts land here at the celebrations of 'Surge Purnima' and 'Maghi
Purnima'. On these events the travelers scrub down at the cove and take an
interest in the customary fairs. One may visit a 100-year-old Buddhist
sanctuary where the statue of Goutama Buddha and two 200-year-old wells are
found.Kuakata
offers a full perspective of the dawn and nightfall from a similar white sandy
shoreline in the water of the Bay of Bengal. Privately known as Shagor Kannya
(Daughter of Ocean), the long portion of dull, marbled sand extends for around
18 kilometers (11 mi). The long, wide shoreline at Kuakata has a run of the
mill characteristic setting. This sandy shoreline has delicate slants into the
Bay of Bengal. Kuakata is additionally a haven for transitory winter winged creatures.
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On
the eastern end of the shoreline is Gongamati Reserved Forest, an evergreen
mangrove backwoods and bit of the first Kuakata. (At the point when the
Rakhines settled in the territory in 1784, Kuakata was a piece of the bigger
Sundarbans woodland. In any case, the Sundarbans is one-hour away by speed
vessel.) As a mangrove woods, Gongamati, similar to the Sundarbans, offers some
insurance against tidal surges. In any case, it too is being undermined by
logging and deforestation. The most ideal approach to achieve the timberland is
by foot or bicycle along the shoreline, where signal flying angling water
crafts can be seen trawling the drift. Going by Gangamati in the late evening
is an ideal time to watch the sun cast shadows on the uncovered mangrove roots.On
13 September 2007 the legislature had reported a red alarm in Kuakata as alert
for a conceivable wave.