Hatiya Island

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Hatiya Island is a large coastal island in the Bay of Bengal in southeastern Bangladesh, known for its vulnerable deltaic landscape and frequent exposure to cyclones and erosion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hatiya Island canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal island
island
administrativeStatus forms most of Hatiya Upazila
linked to: Hatiya Upazila
borderedBy Meghna River estuary
linked to: Meghna estuary
climate tropical monsoon climate
connectedTo mainland Noakhali
country Bangladesh
exposedTo coastal flooding
storm surges
tropical cyclones
governedAs upazila under Noakhali District
hasCharacteristic low-lying
vulnerable to coastal erosion
vulnerable to cyclones
hasDevelopmentConcern climate change adaptation
coastal embankment maintenance
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale trading
subsistence agriculture
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands
mangrove patches
mudflats
hasHazard cyclone-induced storm surge
river flooding
tidal flooding
hasIssue displacement due to erosion
housing vulnerability to cyclones
hasLandscapeType deltaic landscape
hasSettlement Hatiya Upazila headquarters
hasTransportMode boat transport
ferry services
languageSpoken Bengali
locatedIn Bay of Bengal
southeastern Bangladesh
locatedInAdministrative Chattogram Division
linked to: Chittagong Division

Noakhali District
linked to: Noakhali
mainCrops rice
vegetables
mainLivelihoodSource marine fishing
riverine fishing
nearbyWaterBody Bay of Bengal
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta
religionMajority Islam
subjectTo coastal erosion
land loss
riverbank erosion
salinity intrusion

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noakhali containsIsland Hatiya Island
Nijhum Dwip nearestLargeIsland Hatiya Island