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Bandar Abbas

Bandar Abbas
بندر عباس
گامبرون
City
A view of the Taleghani Boulevard area
A view of the Taleghani Boulevard area
Official seal of Bandar Abbas
Seal
Nickname(s): The Crab Port
Bandar Abbas is located in Iran
Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas
Coordinates: 27°11′N 56°16′E / 27.183°N 56.267°E / 27.183; 56.267Coordinates: 27°11′N 56°16′E / 27.183°N 56.267°E / 27.183; 56.267
Country  Iran
Province Hormozgan
County Bandar Abbas
District Central
Settled prior to 600 BCE
Government
 • Type Municipality
 • Mayor Abbas Aminizadeh
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 435,751
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)
Postal code 79177
Area code(s) (+98) 076
Website bandarabbas.ir

Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس‎‎) About this sound pronunciation  or Bandar-e ‘Abbās (Persian: بندر عباس), also romanized as Bandar ‘Abbās and Bandar ‘Abbāsī; formerly known as Cambarão and Porto Comorão to Portuguese traders, as Gombroon to English traders and as Gamrun or Gumrun to Dutch merchants, also Jaroon (to the Arabs) and Cameron (to the English), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz, and it is the location of the main base of the Iranian Navy. Bandar Abbas is also the capital and largest city of Bandar Abbas County. At the 2006 census, its population was 367,508, with 89,404 families.

Bandar Abbas has always been a port, and as such its various names have all addressed this function. The most common name over time (Gameroon) has traditionally been said to derive from Persian gümrük, customhouse (from Late Greek kommerkion, from Latin commercium, "commerce"), but is now speculated to be from Persian kamrūn, shrimp (which in Portuguese is camarão, similar to the former Portuguese name). Its current name is derived from that of Shah Abbas I paired with 'port.'


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