Hatiya Island

E935438

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ