Gowharan, Hormozgan
Gowharan (Persian: گوهران, also Romanized as Gowharān and Gūharān; also known as Angahran, Angohrān (Persian: انگهران), Angūran (Persian: انگوران), and Qal‘eh-ye Angūrān) is a city in, and the capital of, Gowharan District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Gowharan Rural District.
Gowharan
Persian: گوهران | |
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City | |
Gowharan | |
| Coordinates: 26°35′44″N 57°53′46″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Hormozgan |
| County | Bashagard |
| District | Gowharan |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,170 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 828 in 199 households, when it was a village in Gowharan Rural District of the former Bashagard District of Jask County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,316 people in 298 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bashagard County, and the village of Gowharan was elevated to the status of a city. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,170 people in 323 households.