Hormuz
City
Native namePersian: هرمز
Coordinates27°05′33″N 56°27′05″E
CountryIran
ProvinceHormozgan
CountyBandar Abbas
DistrictHormuz
Unit prefMetric
Population as of2016
Population total5891
Time zoneIRST (UTC+3:30)

Hormuz (Persian: هرمز)[a] is a city on Hormuz Island and the capital of Hormuz District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,699 in 1,143 households, when it was in Qeshm County.[1] The following census in 2011 counted 5,867 people in 1,345 households.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,891 people in 1,698 households.[3]

The district was transferred to Bandar Abbas County in 2019.[4]

The name of the Strait of Hormuz is taken from this island.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Hurmuz; also known as Ormus and Qal‘eh-ye Hormoz (قلعهٔ هرمز)[6]

References

  1. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan Province" (Excel) (in Persian). amar.org.ir. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province" (Excel) (in Persian). irandataportal.syr.edu. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 17 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022. – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  3. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan Province" (Excel) (in Persian). amar.org.ir. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 5 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Jahangiri, Ishaq (2 March 2019 [Approved 12 May 1397]). "Approval letter regarding the extraction of Hormuz District from Qeshm County in Hormozgan province" (in Persian). rc.majlis.ir. Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 154867. Archived 15 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2023. – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
  5. ^ "1750 Schley Map of Ormus, Persian Gulf". Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
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