Kharg, Iran

For the administrative division, see Kharg District. For the island, see Kharg Island.

Kharg (Persian: خارگ)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Kharg District in Bushehr County, Bushehr province, Iran.^[5] The city is located on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.

Kharg Persian: خارگ
City
Streets in the city of Kharg
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Coordinates: 29°15′27″N 50°19′40″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Bushehr
County	Bushehr
District	Kharg
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	8,193
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,196 in 1,963 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 7,722 people in 2,115 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 8,193 in 2,374 households.^[3]

Climate

Kharg has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh).

Climate data for Khark Island
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18 (64)	18 (65)	23 (73)	27 (81)	32 (89)	33 (92)	35 (95)	36 (97)	34 (94)	31 (88)	26 (78)	20 (68)	28 (82)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11 (51)	12 (53)	15 (59)	19 (67)	24 (76)	27 (81)	29 (84)	29 (84)	26 (79)	22 (72)	17 (63)	13 (55)	21 (69)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	74 (2.9)	46 (1.8)	20 (0.8)	10 (0.4)	2.5 (0.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2.5 (0.1)	0 (0)	2.5 (0.1)	41 (1.6)	81 (3.2)	280 (10.9)
Source: Weatherbase [8]

See also

Media related to Kharg at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Khārg; also known as Khark, also romanized as Khārk^[4]