Kharg, Iran
Encyclopedia
Kharg is a city in and capital of Kharg District
, in Bushehr County
, Bushehr Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,196, in 1,963 families. Kharg is located on Kharg Island
in the Persian Gulf
.
Kharg District
Kharg District is a district in Bushehr County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,196, in 1,963 families. The District has one city: Kharg....
, in Bushehr County
Bushehr County
Bushehr County is a county in Bushehr Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bushehr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 216,087, in 53,173 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Kharg District...
, Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. Its center is Bandar-e-Bushehr, the provincial capital. The province has nine counties: Bushehr, Dashtestan, Dashti, Dayyer, Deylam, Jam, Kangan, Ganaveh and Tangestan...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,196, in 1,963 families. Kharg is located on Kharg Island
Kharg Island
Kharg Island is a continental island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. The island is located off the coast of Iran and northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. Administered by the adjacent coastal Bushehr Province, Kharg Island provides a sea port for the export of oil and extends Iranian...
in the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
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