Konarak is a city in and the capital of Konarak County

Konarak County

Konarak County is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Konarak. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,605, in 14,288 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Zarabad District...

, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,685, in 6,044 families.

It is situated in the western coast of Chabahar Bay, on the Makran

Makran

The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire....

 coast on the Gulf of Oman

Gulf of Oman

The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman is a strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It is generally included as a branch of the Persian Gulf, not as an arm of the Arabian Sea. On the north coast is Pakistan and Iran...

. Konarak Airport

Konarak Airport

Konarak Airport is an airport in Chabahar, Iran .-Airlines and destinations:...

 is a military airbase, which also has civilian flights. The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch

Baloch people

The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 who speak the Balochi language

Balochi language

Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is designated as one of nine official languages of Pakistan.-Vowels:The Balochi vowel...

Nearby Cities and Towns

• Pozm-e Machchan (2.9 nm)
• Regedan (6.7 nm)
• Sergan (7.2 nm)
• Naserabad (5.4 nm) Tis (12.0 nm)
• Kursar (12.9 nm)
• Chabahar
  Chabahar
  Chah Bahar is a city in and capital of Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. Chah Bahar is a free port on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. At the 2006 census, its population was 71,070, in 13,837 families...
  
  (13.2 nm)