Minab

For the administrative subdivision, see Minab County. For The U.K. Islamic self-regulatory body MINAB, see Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board.

Minab ميناب
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Minab
Coordinates: 27°08′48″N 57°04′48″E / 27.14667°N 57.08°E / 27.14667; 57.08Coordinates: 27°08′48″N 57°04′48″E / 27.14667°N 57.08°E / 27.14667; 57.08
Country	Iran
Province	Hormozgan
County	Minab
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2006)
- Total	76,776
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
- Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Minab (Persian: ميناب, also Romanized as Mīnāb)^[1] is a city in and the capital of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 76,776.^[2]

Minab is not far from Bandar Abbas. It is famous for fishing (especially shrimps) and for agriculture (especiallly date palms and mangoes). It lies on the main official road connecting Bandar Abbas, the Makran and the Baluchistan Province. The population are mainly Shi'a Muslims but Sunni minority do exist, and the language they speak is Minabi (locally Minow), a dialect which is something between Bandari and Balochi and Persian. Once a week, a well known bazaar called "Panjshambe bazar" or in Minabi language "Peyshambe Bazar" (English: Thursday's Bazaar) attracts people from all over Hormozgan, and beyond.

In ancient times Minab had the name of Harmosia (or Harmozeia).

References

1. ^ Minab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3075046" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls. 

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• Barbera, Gerardo.2010. "Minâbi notes". In: "The Persian language in history", ed. by M. Maggi and P. Orsatti, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pp. 269-289.
• Barbera, Gerardo. 2006. "The Palm in Minâb". In "Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Societas Iranologica Europaea", vol. II, "Classical and Contemporary Iranian Studies", ed. by A. Panaino and R. Zipoli, Milan: Mimesis, pp. 321-338/LI-LIV.
• Mohebbi Bahmani, Hassan. 2006. "Barrasi va towsif‑e zabânšenâxti‑e guyeš‑e Minâbi", Tehrân.
• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor. 1975. “Notes on the dialects of Minab and Hormoz”. In "Norwegian Journal of Linguistics", vol. 29, pp. 113-28.