Tanguar Haor
| Tanguar Haor (ꠐꠣꠋꠉꠥꠀꠞ ꠀꠅꠞ) | |
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| Noykuri Kandar Choykuri Beel | |
Paddling a low-freeboard boat in the haor | |
| Location | Sunamganj |
| Coordinates | 25°09′N 91°04′E / 25.150°N 91.067°E |
| Type | Haor |
| Basin countries | Bangladesh |
| Designation | Mother of Fisheries Mother of All Haors |
| Water volume | 12,655 hectares (31,271.19 acres) |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Tanguar Haor (ꠐꠣꠋꠉꠥꠀꠞ ꠀꠅꠞ) | |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Tanguar Haor |
| Designated | June 10, 2000 |
| Reference no. | 1031 |
Tanguar Haor (Bengali: টাঙ্গুয়ার হাওর) is a wetland ecosystem located in the Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of Sunamganj District in Bangladesh. The area of Tanguar Haor including 46 villages within the haor is about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) of which 2,802.36 ha2 is wetland. It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people. Bangladesh declared it an Ecologically Critical Area in 1999, considering its critical condition as a result of overexploitation of its natural resources.