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Bhola
Geography
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	22°24′58″N 90°46′09″E / 22.416107°N 90.769043°E
Area	1,441 km2 (556 sq mi)
Administration
	Bangladesh
Demographics
Population	1,675,000
Pop. density	1,162.39/km2 (3010.58/sq mi)

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Bhola Island (also called Dakhin Shahbazpur) is the largest island of Bangladesh with an area of 1441 km². It is situated at the mouth of the Meghna River.

Bhola Island was the site of the world's last case of variola major (the main type of smallpox) in November 1975.

In 1995, half of the island became permanently flooded, leaving 500,000 people homeless. The Bhola Islanders have been described as some of the world's first climate refugees^[1].

References

^ "In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats", Emily Wax, Washington Post, September 27, 2007

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[1] "In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats", Emily Wax, Washington Post, September 27, 2007

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+'''Bhola Island''' (also called [[Dakhin Shahbazpur]]) is the largest island of [[Bangladesh]] with an area of 1441km². It is situated at the mouth of the [[Meghna River]].
 Bhola Island was the site of the world's [[Rahima Banu|last case]] of [[variola major]] (the main type of [[smallpox]]) in November 1975.
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