Konarak, Iran
Konarak (Persian: کنارک, also Romanized as Konārak and Kenārak; also known as Kūmārak and Kunārak)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, the Central District of Konarak County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, and also serves as capital of the county.
Konarak کنارک | |
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City | |
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) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 28,685 in 6,044 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 35,630 people in 7,975 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 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.[6] Like in nearby Pakistan's Balochistan province, the overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language.
Konarak Airport is a military airbase (see below), which also has civilian flights.
Military Bases edit
Armed 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.
References edit
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 April 2023). "Konarak, Konarak County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ a b . 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".
- ^ . 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)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2007. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-57785-755-6.