Minab

For other places with the same name, see Minab (disambiguation).
Minab
ميناب
city
Minab
Coordinates: 27°08′48″N 57°04′48″E / 27.14667°N 57.08000°E / 27.14667; 57.08000Coordinates: 27°08′48″N 57°04′48″E / 27.14667°N 57.08000°E / 27.14667; 57.08000
Country  Iran
Province Hormozgan
County Minab
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
 • Total 54,623
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Minab (Persian: ميناب‎‎, also Romanized as Mīnāb)[1] is a city in and the capital of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 76,776.[2]

Minab is not far from Bandar Abbas. It is famous for fishing (especially shrimps) and for agriculture (especially date palms and mangoes). It lies on the main official road connecting Bandar Abbas, the Makran and the Baluchistan Province. The population are mainly Shi'a Muslims but Sunni minority do exist, and the language they speak is Minabi (locally Minow), a dialect which is something between Bandari, Balochi and Persian. Once a week, a well known bazaar called "Panjshambe bazar" or in Minabi language "Peyshambe Bazar" (English: Thursday's Bazaar) attracts people from all over Hormozgan, and beyond.

In ancient times Minab had the name of Harmosia (or Harmozeia).

References

  1. ↑ Minab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3075046" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.


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