Bengal
Name Type City/Area
Sundarbans World 's largest natural mangrove forest Khulna , Satkhira , Bagerhat , South 24 Parganas
Cox 's Bazar World 's longest uninterrupted sea beach Cox 's Bazar
Kuakata Sea beach Patuakhali
Digha Sea beach East Midnapur
Chittagong Hill Tracts Hilly areas inhabited by different indigenous tribes Rangamati , Khagrachhari , Bandarban
Ratargul Only swamp forest in the Bengal region Sylhet District
Lawachara National Park Major national park and nature reserve Moulvibazar , Sylhet
Satchhari Reserve forest Habiganj , Sylhet
Siliguri Hilly area of foothills of Himalayas Darjeeling , Jalpaiguri
Major cities -- Tourist attractions
Bengal (/bɛŋˈɡɔːl/; Bengali: বাংলা/বঙ্গ, romanized: Bānglā/Bôngô Bengali pronunciation: [bɔŋgo]) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Geographically, it is made up by the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest such formation in the world; along with mountains in its north bordering the Himalayan states of Nepal and Bhutan and east bordering Burma. Politically, Bengal is currently divided between Bangladesh (which covers two-thirds of the region) and the Indian territories of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley (altogether cover the remaining one-third). In 2011, the population of Bengal was estimated to be 250 million, making it one of the most densely populated regions in the world. Among them, an estimated 160 million people live in Bangladesh and 91.3 million people live in West Bengal. The predominant ethnolinguistic group is the Bengali people, who speak the Indo-Aryan Bengali language. Bengali Muslims are the majority in Bangladesh and Bengali Hindus are the majority in West Bengal and Tripura, while Barak Valley contains almost equal proportions of Bengali Hindus and Bengali Muslims. Outside Bengal proper, the Indian territories of Jharkhand, Bihar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also home to significant communities of Bengalis. Dense woodlands, including hilly rainforests, cover Bengal's northern and eastern areas; while an elevated forested plateau covers its central area. In the littoral southwest are the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the Bengal tiger. In the coastal southeast lies Cox's Bazar, the longest beach in the world at 125 km (78 mi). The region has a monsoon climate, which the Bengali calendar divides into six seasons.