Sonadia Island (Sonadia Island)
Sonadia Island is a small island of about 9 km2, offshore of the Cox's Bazar coast in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. Sonadia is located at Kutubjom Union in Maheshkhali Upazila, 15 km north-west of Cox's Bazar District Headquarters. It is located at latitude 21.28˝-21.33˝ and longitude 91.50˝-91.56˝. Sonadia Maheshkhali is separated from the main island by a canal.
Sonadia is seen as a potential deepwater port lying on the Bay of Bengal that could serve the landlocked parts of India, Myanmar and China.
Rail connections have yet to be built, and the question of gauge has yet to be resolved as the following gauges are in use or possible:
1676 mm - Bangladesh, India 1000 mm - Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, etc. 1435 mm - China
Sonadia is seen as a potential deepwater port lying on the Bay of Bengal that could serve the landlocked parts of India, Myanmar and China.
Rail connections have yet to be built, and the question of gauge has yet to be resolved as the following gauges are in use or possible:
1676 mm - Bangladesh, India 1000 mm - Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, etc. 1435 mm - China
Map - Sonadia Island (Sonadia Island)
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The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family.
Currency / Language
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| BDT | Bangladeshi taka | ৳ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| BN | Bengali language |
| EN | English language |