YCCS (Youth Club of Chittagong Sandwip)

Sandwip (Bengali: সন্দ্বীপ) is an island along the south eastern coast of Bangladesh.It is also spelled "Sandvip" both are mostly used.It is a sub-division of Chittagong District. It is situated at the estuary of the Meghna River on the Bay of Bengal and separated from the Chittagong coast by the Sandwip channel. It has a population of nearly 400,000. There are 15 unions in Sandwip. There are also as many as fifteen different wards, 62 mahallas and 34 villages on Sandwip Island. The entire island is 50 kilometers long and 5-15 kilometers wide.

Sandwip is a historical island of Bangladesh.It is located at the north-eastern side of The Bay of Bengal, nearby the main portcity of Chittagong. It is one of the most ancient islands of Bangladesh. It was ruled by different outsiders in different periods of time. Once upon a time it was an independent state ruled by Delwar Khan, then it had different rulers.

About three hundred ships of salt per year were loaded for export from the Sandwip port. It also had a ship building industry. The then Turkish president Solaiman Demirel when he came to Chittagong in 1994 imported a gun ship from Sandwip port.