Gowharan
Persian: گوهران | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 26°35′44″N 57°53′46″E / 26.59556°N 57.89611°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Hormozgan |
County | Bashagard |
District | Gowharan |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,170 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Gowharan (Persian: گوهران, also Romanized as Gowharān and Gūharān; also known as Angahran, Angohrān (Persian: انگهران), Angūran (Persian: انگوران), and Qal‘eh-ye Angūrān)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Gowharan District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Gowharan Rural District.[5]
At the 2006 census, its population was 828 in 199 households, when it was a village in Gowharan Rural District of the former Bashagard District of Jask County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,316 people in 298 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bashagard County, and the village of Gowharan was elevated to the status of a city.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,170 people in 323 households.[2]