Editing Bandar Abbas (section)

===Contemporary history===
An earthquake in July 1902 damaged parts of the city, including the governor's house and the customs office, and nearby [[Qeshm Island]].<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Times|title=Latest intelligence – Earthquake shocks on the Persian Gulf|date=19 July 1902|page=7|issue=36824}}</ref>

[[Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi]] paid particular attention to Bandar Abbas as a strategic port and during his time the government invested huge amounts of capital in the infrastructure.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} Before initial plans to develop it as a major harbour, Bandar Abbas was a small fishing port with approximately 17,000 residents in 1955. By 2001, it had grown into a major city.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} It has a population of 450,000 (2011 estimate).<ref name="2011 Hormozgan Province"/>

Bandar Abbas serves as a major shipping point, mostly for imports, and has a long history of trade with India, particularly the port of [[Surat]]. Thousands of tourists visit the city and nearby islands including [[Qeshm]] and [[Hormuz Island|Hormuz]] every year.

On 27 April, 2025, a [[Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion|powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas occurred]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Reuters/ News |date=2025-04-27 |title=At least 28 dead, hundreds injured after massive explosion at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2542548/iran-port-blast-death-toll-rises-to-18-over-800-injured |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> The death toll was reported to be at least 28, with more than 700 people injured.<ref name=":0"/><!--[[File:Hanabandan.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mehndi|Henna tattoo]], signs of love and joy, worked on the hand and arm of a Bandari girl.]]-->