St. Martin's Island is an atoll located within the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, within the southernmost part of Bangladesh. it's located about 9 km south of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district and 8 km west of the coast of Myanmar at the mouth of Naf River. Locally it's also called Coconut Jinjira because of the abundance of coconuts available.It is not known when the island was first discovered by man. Some early Arab traders named the island Jinjira. it's noted that they used to rest on this island while traveling from Chittagong to Southeast Asia
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Over time, the people of Chittagong and adjacent areas knew this island as Jinjira.Around 1890 AD, some Bengali and Rakhine people came to settle the island. They were mainly fishermen. As far as is understood , 13 families were the primary settlers. They chose the northern a part of the island. Over time, this island became a Bengali-dominated area.The island already had kea and scrub. Perhaps the Bengali fishermen planted an outsized number of coconut trees on the island as a means of relief from water-sickness and fatigue. Over time the whole island became a 'Coconut Tree Chief' island. supported this, the locals started calling the northern a part of the island as Coconut Jinjira. Around 1900 AD, British survey team accepted this island as part of British-India.
In the survey they gave the name St. Martin after the Christian Saint Martin instead of the local name. then gradually to people outside the region, the island came to be referred to as Saint Martin.The island may be a popular tourist destination. During the tourist season, 5 launches come and go from mainland Bangladesh here a day . Saint Martins Island currently has several good residential hotels. there's a government post bungalow. The law and order situation in St. Martins Island is sweet
1. Hotel Seagull
Hotel Motel Zone
Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach,Cox’s Bazar
Tel: +88 0341 62480 – 90
Cell: +88 01766666530, +88 0176666653
2. Hotel Sea Palace
Kalatoli Road, Cox’s Bazar
Phone: 880-341-63692, 63792, 63794, 63826, and 63853
Mobile: 01714652227-8, 01979405051-2
3. Saint Martin Resort
Plot # ten, Block- a, Kalatoli Road, Cox’s Bazar
Phone: +88-0341-62862, 64275
4. Hotel Sayeman
Hotel Sayeman Road, Cox’s Bazar
Cell: +88-01711-022088
Phone: +88-0341-63900 -4, 63703 -7
5. Hotel Sea Crown
Marin Drive, Kola Toil New Beach
Telephone: 0341-64795, 0341-64474
Mobile: 01817 089420
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