Hasht Bandi

For the nearby village with a similar name, see Hasht Bandi-ye Do.

Hasht Bandi (Persian: هشت بندي يك or هشت بندی)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Tukahur District of Minab County, Hormozgan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Cheraghabad Rural District.^[4] As a village, it was the capital of Tukahur Rural District^[5] until its capital was transferred to the village of Tukahur.^[4]

Hasht Bandi Persian: هشت بندی
City
Hasht Bandi
Coordinates: 27°09′57″N 57°27′29″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Hormozgan
County	Minab
District	Tukahur
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	6,718
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Hasht Bandi's population was 3,009 in 631 households, when it was the village of Hasht Bandi-ye Yek in Cheraghabad Rural District.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,438 people in 1,026 households,^[7] by which time the village had been elevated to city status as Hasht Bandi.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,718 people in 1,710 households.^[2]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Hasht Bandī; formerly Hasht Bandi-ye Yek^[3]