Konarak (Persian: کنارک)[a] is a city in the Central District of Konarak County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
Konarak
کنارک | |
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City | |
 Konarak county in Iran | |
  Konarak | |
| Coordinates: 25°21′32″N 60°23′57″E / 25.35889°N 60.39917°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Sistan and Baluchestan |
| County | Konarak |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 43,258 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Demographics
editLanguage and ethnicity
editLike in nearby Pakistan's Balochistan province, the overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language.
Population
editAt the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 28,685 in 6,044 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 35,630 people in 7,975 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 43,258 people in 9,954 households.[2]
It is on the western coast of Chabahar Bay, facing Chabahar Port to the East, on the Makran coast on the Gulf of Oman, about 50 km West of the Iran-Pakistan coastal border line.[7]
Konarak Airport is a military airbase (see below), which also has civilian flights.
Military
editArmed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (army, navy, air force) have established bases in Konarak for a long time — the construction of which started in the 1970s — before the Iranian Revolution, with the support of Western engineering, construction and logistics firms such as Brown & Root.
The Iranian Navy also has a related base in Pasabandar, further east and very close to the border with Pakistan. The support vessel Konarak was named in the city's honour; the Konarak was destroyed in a 2020 accident.
The 3rd Marine Brigade special forces unit of the Iranian Navy is stationed in Konarak
See also
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 April 2023). "Konarak, Konarak County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Konarak, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071936" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Aref, Mohammad Reza (27 December 1383). "Divisional reforms in Konarak County of Sistan and Baluchestan province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2007. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-57785-755-6.
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