Bandar Sirik

For the administrative divisions, see Sirik County and Sirik Rural District. For the nearby village with a similar name, see Sirik-e Kohneh.

Bandar Sirik (Persian: بندر سيريك)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Sirik County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5] It is also the administrative center for Sirik Rural District.^[6]

Bandar Sirik بندر سيريك
City
Bandar Sirik
Coordinates: 26°30′59″N 57°06′06″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Hormozgan
County	Sirik
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	5,137
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Bandar-e Sirik Lighthouse
Markings	red (daymark)
Focal height	38 m (125 ft)
Range	28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(3) W 20s

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,640 in 640 households,^[7] when it was capital of the former Biyaban District of Minab County.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 4,140 people in 920 households,^[9] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sirik County. Bandar Sirik was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,137 people in 1,182 households.^[2]

Overview

Bandar Sirik overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains a small harbour to the northwest of the main settlement. The Minab River empties into the sea near Sirik, and a mangrove estuary is located here.^[10][11] To the northwest along the coast to Bandar-e-Abbas, there are thousands of hidden caves and valleys dotted around the horn of the Strait of Hormuz.^[12][13][14]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Iran

Engineering portal

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Notes

1. Also known as Sirik, also romanized as Sīrīk; and Sirik-e Kohneh (سيريك کهنه), also romanized as Sīrīk-e Kohneh;^[3] formerly the village of Biyaban^[4]