Minab

Minab

ميناب
Minab ميناب
city
Country	Iran
Province	Hormozgan
County	Minab
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2006)
• Total	54,623
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Minab (Persian: ميناب, also Romanized as Mīnāb)^[1] is a city in and the capital of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 76,776.^[2]

Minab is not far from Bandar Abbas. It is famous for fishing (especially shrimps) and for agriculture (especially date palms and mangoes). It lies on the main official road connecting Bandar Abbas, the Makran and the Baluchistan Province. The population are mainly Shi'a Muslims but Sunni minority do exist, and the language they speak is Minabi (locally Minow), a dialect which is something between Bandari, Balochi and Persian. Once a week, a well known bazaar called "Panjshambe bazar" or in Minabi language "Peyshambe Bazar" (English: Thursday's Bazaar) attracts people from all over Hormozgan, and beyond.

In ancient times Minab had the name of Harmosia (or Harmozeia).

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References

^ Minab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3075046" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

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. الوحیدی الخنجی، حسین بن علی بن احمد، «تاریخ لنجه» ، الطبعة الثانية دبی: دار الأمة للنشر والتوزیع، ۱۹۸۸ للمیلاد
. اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)
Barbera, Gerardo.2010. "Minâbi notes". In: "The Persian language in history", ed. by M. Maggi and P. Orsatti, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pp. 269–289.
Barbera, Gerardo. 2006. "The Palm in Minâb". In "Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Societas Iranologica Europaea", vol. II, "Classical and Contemporary Iranian Studies", ed. by A. Panaino and R. Zipoli, Milan: Mimesis, pp. 321–338/LI-LIV.
Mohebbi Bahmani, Hassan. 2006. "Barrasi va towsif‑e zabânšenâxti‑e guyeš‑e Minâbi", Tehrân.
Skjærvø, Prods Oktor. 1975. “Notes on the dialects of Minab and Hormoz”. In "Norwegian Journal of Linguistics", vol. 29, pp. 113–28.

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[1] Minab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3075046" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

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