# Hormuz, Iran

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**Hormuz** (Persian: هرمز)[a] is a city on [Hormuz Island](/source/Hormuz_Island) and the capital of [Hormuz District](/source/Hormuz_District), [Bandar Abbas County](/source/Bandar_Abbas_County), [Hormozgan](/source/Hormozgan_province) province, [Iran](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Strait_of_Hormuz) is taken from this island.[5]

## See also

- [Ormus](/source/Ormus)

## Notes

1. Also [romanized](/source/Romanize) 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"](http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls) (Excel) (in Persian). *amar.org.ir*. The Statistical Center of Iran. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls) 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

1. ["Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province"](https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls) (Excel) (in Persian). *irandataportal.syr.edu*. The Statistical Center of Iran. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls) 17 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022. – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

1. ["Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan Province"](https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx) (Excel) (in Persian). *amar.org.ir*. The Statistical Center of Iran. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx) 5 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

1. Jahangiri, Ishaq (2 March 2019 [Approved 12 May 1397]). ["Approval letter regarding the extraction of Hormuz District from Qeshm County in Hormozgan province"](https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1120030) (in Persian). *rc.majlis.ir*. Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 154867. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190315091947/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1120030) 15 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 September 2023. – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.

1. ["1750 Schley Map of Ormus, Persian Gulf"](https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Ormus-schley-1750). *Geographicus Rare Antique Maps*. Retrieved 2025-03-03.

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