Bandar Lengeh
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Bandar Lengeh is a harbor city in, and capital of Bandar-Lengeh County
Bandar-Lengeh County
Bandar-Lengeh County is a county in Hormozgan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Lengeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 113,625, in 24,712 families. The county is divided into three districts: Shibkaveh District, Kish District, and Central District...

, in 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...

 of 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...

 on the coast of the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

. The harbor is 280 km from Lar, 192 km from Bandar Abbas, and 420 km from Bushehr
Bushehr
Bushehr Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of southwestern Iran. It is the chief seaport of the country and the administrative centre of its province. Its location is about south of Tehran. The local climate is hot and humid.The city...

. The weather in Bandar Lengeh is hot and humid, typical of coastal cities in southern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 25,303, in 5,589 families.

History

Bandar Lengeh was established in the 17th century by Iranian Arabs who migrated from Khobar in the Arabian Peninsula. They were joined and mixed by local Persians of Bandar Lengeh and neighbouring towns.

Lengeh was a center for trade between Oman
Oman
Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

 and Iran for over 60 years, from 1759 to 1814. After 1814, Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas
Bandar-Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās , also Romanized as Bandar ‘Abbās, Bandar ‘Abbāsī, and Bandar-e ‘Abbās; formerly known as Cambarão and Port 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...

played a major role in regional trade.
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