Tunb District
Encyclopedia
Tunb District is a district (bakhsh
) in Abumusa County
, Hormozgan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 155, in 49 families. The District is entirely rural, and includes the islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs
. The District has one rural district: Tunb Rural District
.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Abumusa County
Abumusa County
Abumusa County is a county in Hormozgan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Abumusa. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,860, in 505 families. As of 2010, the county had some 2,038 inhabitants making it Iran's smallest county....
, Hormozgan Province
Hormozgan Province
Hormozgan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, facing Oman. Its area is , and its provincial capital is Bandar Abbas...
, 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 155, in 49 families. The District is entirely rural, and includes the islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs
Greater and Lesser Tunbs
Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at and respectively, some 12 kilometers from each other and 20 south of the Iranian island of Qeshm...
. The District has one rural district: Tunb Rural District
Tunb Rural District
Tunb Rural District is a Rural District in Tunb District, Abumusa County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 155, in 49 families....
.