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Konarak, Iran

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Country
  
Iran

Bakhsh
  
Central

Local time
  
Friday 6:47 AM

County
  
Konarak

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Population
  
28,685 (2006)

Konarak, Iran

Weather
  
21°C, Wind S at 0 km/h, 90% Humidity

Province
  
Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Konarak (Persian: كنارك‎‎, also Romanized as Konārak and Kenārak; also known as Kūmārak and Kunārak) is a city in and the capital of Konarak County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,685, in 6,044 families.

Map of Konarak, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

It is situated in the western coast of Chabahar Bay, on the Makran coast on the Gulf of Oman. Konarak Airport is a military airbase, which also has civilian flights. The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language.

References

Konarak, Iran Wikipedia