Sirik (Iran)
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| Province : | Hormozgan | ||
| Shahrestan : | Sirik | ||
| Bachsch : | Sirik center | ||
| Coordinates : | 26 ° 31 ' N , 57 ° 6' E | ||
| Residents : | 3,640 (2006) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Sirik ( Persian سیریک) or Sirik-e Kohneh (سیریک کهنه) is the capital of Shahrestan Sirik in the Iranian province of Hormozgan . Sirik is on the Strait of Hormuz on the Persian Gulf and has a small port northwest of the main settlement. At the 2006 census, the population was 3,640 in 640 families. The Minab River flows into the sea near Sirik, and there is a mangrove estuary here . To the northwest along the coast to Bandar-e-Abbas there are thousands of hidden caves and valleys dotted around the Horn of the Strait of Hormuz. 26 ° 30'20 "N 57 ° 07'19" E
Languages and religion
Persian is the most important language, but some speak Swahili ( Afro-Iranians ), Minabi or Arabic as their mother tongue . The majority are Shiite or Sunni .
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Wayback Machine. September 20, 2011, accessed April 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Eric Bird: Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms . Springer Science & Business Media, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4020-8638-0 ( google.de [accessed April 9, 2020]).
- ↑ Don Pendleton: Defense Breach . Gold Eagle, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4268-1952-0 ( google.de [accessed April 9, 2020]).
- ^ Map of Ethnic groups in Iran. In: The Gulf / 2000 Project. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
