Jask

Jask (Persian: جاسک, Balochi: جاشک also Romanized as Jāsk; also Bandar-e Jask (Persian: بَندَرِ جاسک), (Balochi: بندن ءِ جاشک) also Romanized as Bandar-e Jāsk) is a city in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 11,133 in 2,406 households. The following census in 2011 counted 13,810 people in 2,958 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 16,860 people in 4,415 households.

Jask is a port town, about 1,690 kilometres (1,050 mi) south of Tehran, situated on the Gulf of Oman. It serves as the capital of Jask County, and is the site of a base of the Iranian Navy which opened on October 28, 2008. The base's position provides the Iranian Navy with the capability to close the Strait of Hormuz in order to block the entry of an "enemy" into the Persian Gulf. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari remarked on the base's opening that Iran was "creating a new defense front in the region, thinking of a non-regional enemy."

The port of Jask is also the proposed end of the Neka-Jask pipeline. The city also has the Jask Airport.