Minu Island
Iranian island in the Persian Gulf / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the administrative divisions of Khorramshahr County in Khuzestan province, see Minu District and Jazireh-ye Minu Rural District. For the city, see Minushahr.
Minu Island (Persian: جزیره مینو and Arabic: جزيرة صلبوخ), also Romanized as Jazireh-ye Minu and Minoo Island, is in Khorramshahr County of Khuzestan province in the Persian Gulf, in southwestern Iran.[1]
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Native name: Persian: جزیره مینو | |
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Location | Khuzestan, Iran |
Coordinates | 30°20′33″N 48°13′00″E[1] |
Area | 17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
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Iran | |
Demographics | |
Population | 9,154[2] (2016) |
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The island is between the cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr. Much of the island population comprises Arabs.[3][4] Minu District, which includes the city of Minushahr, is nearly co-extensive with the island.[1]
At the 2006 National Census, the population of the district (comprising most of the island's inhabitants), was 7,582 in 1,562 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 8,267 people in 2,139 households.[6] At the latest census in 2016, the district had 9,154 in 2,549 households.[2]