Sea Ports
Some of the biggest ports in the world — Chittagong in Bangladesh and Chennai in India— are in the bay. Mongla, Kolkata and Yangon, the largest city and former capital of Burma, are also important ports on the bay. Other Indian ports on the bay include: Kakinada, Pondicherry, Paradip and Visakhapatnam.
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