Editing Bandar Abbas (section)

==Demographics==
=== Language ===
Original Bandaris (residents of Bandar Abbas) speak Bandari (بندری), a variety of Persian similar to neighbouring [[Achomi]] and [[Dialects of Fars]], and distinct from [[New Persian]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=BANDARI|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/bandari-the-dialect-spoken-by-the-native-population-of-bandar-abbas|url-status=live|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Encyclopædia Iranica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429171644/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bandari-the-dialect-spoken-by-the-native-population-of-bandar-abbas|archive-date=2011-04-29}}</ref> Bandari has [[loanword]]s from various [[European languages]] (e.g. ''tawāl'', "[[towel]]"), [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Balochi language|Balochi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Persian Gulf, Governery of BandarAbbas - خلیج فارس، فرمانداری بندرعباس|url=http://www.pgba.ir/bandari.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709081940/https://pgba.ir/bandari.php|archive-date=2020-07-09|access-date=2021-09-19|website=www.pgba.ir}}</ref>
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|source       = <ref name="population history">{{cite web |title=Cities with a population of 100,000 and more (1956-2006 census) |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/13-cities-with-a-population-of-100-000-and-more-1335-1385-1956-2006-census-1.xlsx |website=irandataportal.syr.edu |publisher=Iran data portal |access-date=1 June 2025 |page=1 |format=XLS}}</ref>
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|1956 |17,710
|1966 |34,627
|1976 |87,981
|1986 |201,642
|1991 |249,504
|1996 |273,578
|2006 |367,508<ref name="2006 Hormozgan Province"/>
|2011 |435,751<ref name="2011 Hormozgan Province"/>
|2016 |526,648<ref name="2016 Hormozgan Province"/>
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At the time of the 2006 National [[Census]], the city's population was 367,508 in 89,404 households.<ref name="2006 Hormozgan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 435,751 people in 118,336 households.<ref name="2011 Hormozgan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city to be 526,648 people in 152,682 households.<ref name="2016 Hormozgan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>

=== Immigration ===
The city of Bandar Abbas is an immigrant-friendly city that has hosted all [[Ethnicities in Iran|Iranian ethnic groups]]. Most of the immigrants living in Bandar Abbas city chose individual migration at the beginning of their migration, in other words, after finding employment opportunities in Bandar Abbas city, most of the emigrants entered this city with the intention of taking up a job opportunity individually, but with the passage of time and the feeling of job security and providing housing, they have also moved their families to Bandar Abbas. Iranians from the regions of [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azarbayejan]], [[Kurdistan province|Kurdistan]], [[Luristan province|Luristan]], [[Sistan and Baluchestan province|Baluchistan]], [[Kerman province|Kerman]], [[Yazd province|Yazd]], [[Isfahan province|Isfahan]], [[Fars province|Fars]], [[Gilan province|Gilan]] and [[Mazandaran province|Mazanadaran]] all contribute to economy and trade of the city.<ref>{{citation|title=گروه های مهاجر شهر بندرعباس|journal=Noor|date=October 1395|volume=68|issue=68|url=https://www.noormags.ir/view/fa/articlepage/1137153|language=fa|access-date=9 April 2024|pages=133–144|last1=ظهیری‌نیا|first1=‌مصطفی}}</ref>