Bandar Sirik () is a city in the Central District of Sirik County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Sirik Rural District.
Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,640 in 640 households, when it was capital of the former Biyaban District of Minab County. The following census in 2011 counted 4,140 people in 920 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sirik County. Bandar Sirik was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,137 people in 1,182 households.
Language The linguistic composition of the city:
Overview Bandar Sirik overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains a small harbour to the northwest of the main settlement. The Minab River empties into the sea near Sirik, and a mangrove estuary is located here. To the northwest along the coast to Bandar-e-Abbas, there are thousands of hidden caves and valleys dotted around the horn of the Strait of Hormuz.NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 3 October 2016.
In 2021, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened a naval base in Sirik."Iran Boosts IRCG Navy’s Swarm Attack Capabilities", Naval News, December 14, 2022. Its avowed goal was to exercise “full control” of the Strait."Iranian Naval Forces East-of-Hormuz strategy," NATO Defense College Foundation, October 27, 2020.
Sirik Under Attack According to IRNA, (during 2026 Iran war) the CEO of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company stated that following a US attack in the early hours of Wednesday, June 10, 2026, on water supply facilities in Sirik County, the supply of drinking water to the city of Kohestak and ten villages in the Bamani District was completely cut off.قطع آب ۲۰ هزار نفر در سیریک در پی حمله دشمن به تأسیسات آبرسانی (Water supply cut off for 20,000 people in Sirik following an enemy attack on water infrastructure.) Retrieved 20 Sep 2026
See also List of lighthouses in Iran
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