Editing Bandar Abbas (section)

{{Short description|City in Hormozgan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division|Bandar Abbas County}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Bandar Abbas
| native_name_lang         = fa
| native_name              = {{nativename|fa|بندر عباس}}
| other_name               =
| settlement_type          = City
| image_skyline            = {{Photomontage
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| photo2b = BandarAbbas بندرعباس - panoramio (cropped).jpg{{!}}
| photo3a = IA University. Bandar Abbas - panoramio.jpg
| photo3b = امامزاده سید مظفر - panoramio.jpg
| spacing = 2
| size = 266
| foot_montage =
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| image_caption            = Taleghani Boulevard, Hindu temple, Panoramic, Islamic Azad University, Imamzadeh Seyed Mozafar
| image_seal               = Bandar Abbas government logo.svg
| nickname                 = The Crab Port
| motto                    = 
| image_map                = 
| map_caption              = 
| pushpin_map              = Iran
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| coordinates              = {{coord|27|11|46|N|56|17|16|E|dim:6km|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes   = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.196111&mlon=56.287778&zoom=13#map=13/27.19611/56.28778|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=Bandar Abbas, Bandar Abbas County|date=16 November 2024|access-date=16 November 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Hormozgan province|Hormozgan]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Bandar Abbas County|Bandar Abbas]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Bakhsh|District]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Central District (Bandar Abbas County)|Central]]
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = prior to 600 BC
| government_type          = Municipality
| leader_title             = [[List of mayors of Bandar Abbas|Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Mehdi Nobani<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.imna.ir/news/532690/Bandar-Abbas-Bandar-Abbas-to-exchange-knowledge|title=Bandar Abbas, Bandar Abbas to exchange knowledge|date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
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| elevation_m              = 9
| elevation_ft             = 30
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="2016 Hormozgan Province"/>
| population_total         = 526648
| population_metro         = 
| population_as_of         = 2016
| population_est           =
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| population_density_km2   = auto
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| timezone                 = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset               = +3:30
| postal_code_type         = Postal code
| postal_code              = 79177
| area_code                = (+98) 076
| website                  = {{URL|http://bandarabbas.ir/}}
}}
'''Bandar Abbas''' ({{langx|fa|بندر عباس}}, {{IPA|fa|bænˌd̪æɹ ʔæbˈbɒːs|pron|Bandar Abbas.ogg}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Bandar-e 'Abbās''' (Port of Abbas). Bandar Abbas has been romanized as '''Bandar 'Abbās''' and as '''Bandar 'Abbāsī'''. It has also been referred to as '''Jaroon''' by the Arabs and '''Cameron''' by the English. Bandar Abbas was formerly known as '''Cambarão''' and '''Porto Comorão''' by Portuguese traders, as '''Gombroon''' by English traders and as '''Gamrun''' or '''Gumrun''' by Dutch merchants<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3055107}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Bandar Abbas County)|Central District]] of [[Bandar Abbas County]], Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.<ref name="Hormozgan Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of Hormozgan province's national divisions centered in Bandar Abbas city|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/97785|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224135811/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/97785|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=24 February 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 12 September 1990|id=Proposal 53/5/1/3233; Resolution 93808/T907|access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> Bandar Abbas is a [[port]] on the southern coast of the country, on the [[Persian Gulf]].

The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow [[Strait of Hormuz]] (just across from [[Musandam Governorate]], [[Oman]]), and it is the location of the main base of the [[Iranian Navy]].