Hormozgan province

Hormozgan Province
Persian: استان هرمزگان
Map of Iran with Hormozgan Province highlighted
Map of Iran with Hormozgan Province highlighted
Coordinates: 27°06′N 56°00′E / 27.100°N 56.000°E / 27.100; 56.000[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 2
CapitalBandar Abbas
Counties13
Government
 • Governor-generalMahdi Dousti
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsSeyed Ruhollah Sadr Al-Sadati
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderMohammad Ebadizadeh
Area
 • Total70,697 km2 (27,296 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,776,415
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
ISO 3166 codeIR-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
Bandar Abbas International Airport
Kish International Airport

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]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (23 May 2024). "Hormozgan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of Hormozgan Province's national divisions centered in Bandar Abbas city". Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014 [1 Tir 1393, Jalaali]. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  6. ^ SCI.org[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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