Hormozgan Province
Persian: استان هرمزگان | |
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Coordinates: 27°06′N 56°00′E / 27.100°N 56.000°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 2 |
Capital | Bandar Abbas |
Counties | 13 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mahdi Dousti |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | Seyed Ruhollah Sadr Al-Sadati |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Mohammad Ebadizadeh |
Area | |
• Total | 70,697 km2 (27,296 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,776,415 |
• Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
ISO 3166 code | IR-22 |
Main language(s) | Mostly Southwestern Iranian varieties like Garmsiri, a minority speaks Balochi and Gulf Arabic [1] |
HDI (2017) | 0.768[3] high · 25th |
Hormozgan Province (Persian: استان هرمزگان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar Abbas.[4] The province is in the south of the country, in Iran's Region 2.[5] facing Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Hormuz Straits. Its area is 70,697 km2 (27,296 sq mi),[6] The province has 14 islands in the Persian Gulf and 1,000 km (620 mi) of coastline.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the Hormuzgan Province population was recorded as 1,365,377 people in 303,323 households.[7] In the following census in 2011, the population had increased to 1,578,183 in 396,927 households.[8] By the time of the last census conducted in 2016, the population had risen to 1,776,415 in 493,660 households.[2]
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