Cheduba Island

Population

Cheduba had a population of 63,761 as of 1983, composed chiefly of Burmese and Arakanese peoples. The main economic activities on the island are farming and cattle raising.

Geography

Cheduba Island lies about 10 km from the southwestern coast of Ramree Island. It is located between 18° 40′ and 18° 56′ N. lat., and between 93° 31′ and 93° 50′ E. long. The terrain of the island is quite flat with scattered moderate elevations. The highest point 205 m is on a ridge in the southwestern part of the island.

There are 5 villages connected by a road that circles the island: Owa, Thitpon, Manaung, Budaunggwe, Sachet and Meinmangwe. There is an airfield west of Manaung, the main village of Cheduba, located on the northeast coast. Manaung is linked to the village of Kyaukpyu on nearby Ramree Island by steamer.

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Nearby islands

• Taik Kyun is a 1.4 km wide roughly round islet located 6 km off the eastern coast, about 5.8 km north of Ye Kyun.
• Ye Kyun is a 6.8 km long and 2.4 km wide island located off the southeastern end of Cheduba Island, separated from it by a 7.8 km wide strait with numerous detached reefs. Highest point 32 m.
• Taung Kyun is a 0.4 km long low islet located 1.8 km off the southern end of Ye Kyun. Highest point 4.9 m.

Other islands in the vicinity

• Unguan is a 1 km long and 0.4 km wide islet located 33 km to the southeast of Cheduba's southern end.
• Nantha Kyun is a roughly 2 km wide round island located 36 km off the mainland coast, about 45 km SSE of Unguan. Highest point 112 m.

History

Cheduba Island was a stop on the coastal trade route from Bengal by which Indian civilization migrated to Myanmar.

Historical records show that an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.5 to 9.0 hit off the western coast of Myanmar in April 1762, and reports speculated that a tsunami could kill more than one million people in Myanmar and Bangladesh. | access-date = 2008-05-15 |access-date = 2008-05-15

References

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