Bandar Abbas or
Bandar-e ‘Abbās (Persian: بندر عباس), also
romanized as
Bandar ‘Abbās,
Bandar ‘Abbāsī, and
Bandar-e ‘Abbās; formerly known as
Cambarão and
Porto Comorão to
Portuguese traders, as
Gombroon to English traders and as
Gamrun or
Gumrun to Dutch merchants, is a
port city and capital of
Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of
Iran, on the
Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow
Strait of Hormuz, and it is the location of the main base of the
Iranian Navy. Bandar Abbas is also the capital and largest city of
Bandar Abbas County. At the 2006 census, its population was 367,508, with 89,404 families.