Konarak,_Iran
Konarak, Iran
City in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Konarak (Persian: کنارک, also Romanized as Konārak and Kenārak; also known as Kūmārak and Kunārak)[3] is a city in the Central District of Konarak County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 28,685 in 6,044 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 35,630 people in 7,975 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 43,258 people in 9,954 households.[2]
It is on the western coast of Chabahar Bay, facing Chabahar Port to the East, on the Makran coast on the Gulf of Oman, about 50 km West of the Iran-Pakistan coastal border line.[7] Like in nearby Pakistan's Balochistan province, the overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language.
Konarak Airport is a military airbase (see below), which also has civilian flights.