Band-e Zarak
{{Short description|City in Hormozgan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative divisions|Band-e Zarak District|Band-e Zarak Rural District}}
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Band-e Zarak ({{langx|fa|بندزرك}}){{efn|Also known as Bandark-e Kohneh, Banz̄ark, Banz̄ark Kohneh, Banz̄ark-e Kohneh, and Banz̄ark Now{{GEOnet3|-3055278|Band-e Zarak}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Band-e Zarak District of Minab County, Hormozgan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Hormozgan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/132043|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909194721/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/132043|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 September 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 14 November 1388|id=Proposal 107246/42/4/1; Resolution 158802/T38854H|access-date=9 September 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Band-e Zarak Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of 15 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Minab County under Hormozgan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131153|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510000827/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131153|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=10 May 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 53/1/9429|access-date=23 November 2023}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Band-e Zarak's population was 4,386 in 776 households, when it was a village in Band-e Zarak Rural District of the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,683 people in 1,026 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Band-e Zarak District. The 2016 census measured the population as 4,796 people in 1,279 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=5 May 2022}}
See also
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{{Hormozgan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Minab County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Hormozgan province
Category:Populated places in Minab County
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