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.

For the administrative division, see Konarak County. For the Indian temple town, see Konark.

Konarak
کنارک
City
Konarak is located in Iran
Konarak
Konarak
Coordinates: 25°21′32″N 60°23′57″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyKonarak
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total43,258
Time zoneUTC+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

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
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (13 April 2023). "Konarak, Konarak County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. "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.
  3. 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".
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2007. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-57785-755-6.
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