Jask (Persian: جاسک, Balochi: جاشک also Romanized as Jāsk; also Bandar-e Jask (Persian: بَندَرِ جاسک), (Balochi: بندن ءِ جاشک) also Romanized as Bandar-e Jāsk[2]) is a city and capital of Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,133, in 2,406 families.[3]

Jask جَسک
City
Jask
Coordinates: 25°38′38″N 57°46′28″E
Country	Iran
Province	Hormozgan
County	Jask
Bakhsh	Central
Population  (2016 Census)
• Total	16,860[1]
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Jask is a port town, about 1,690 kilometres (1,050 mi) south of Tehran,[4] situated on the Gulf of Oman.[5] It serves as the capital of Jask County,[6] and is the site of a base of the Iranian Navy which opened on October 28, 2008.[7] The base's position provides the Iranian Navy with the capability to close the Strait of Hormuz in order to block the entry of an "enemy" into the Persian Gulf. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari remarked on the base's opening that Iran was "creating a new defense front in the region, thinking of a non-regional enemy."[8]

The port of Jask is also the proposed end of the Neka-Jask pipeline. The city also has the Jask Airport.

Port of Jask

The port of Jask is a small port on the western part of Iran's coast along the Gulf of Oman. However, over the last few years it has seen a steady growth of its export freight flows to Oman, mostly agricultural products, including refrigerated, and construction materials[9]

Major developments for the port of Jask were announced by Iranian authorities in early 2019, i.e. the construction of a new terminal for oil tankers for a total investment of US$700 million, to be followed by the construction of a refinery and of a petrochemical plant. These developments are part of a total investment of US$1.8 billion centered on the construction of a new oil pipeline from Goreh, Bushehr to Jask in order to pump and export oil from Northern Iran.[10][11]

When these investments are completed in Jask, they will contribute to developing Iran's southern regional economy, as is already the case further east at Chabahar Port, and to facilitating exports through ports which do not require ships to enter the Persian Gulf through the Hormuz Strait.

Language

The linguistic composition of the city:[12]

Climate

Jask has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with very hot summers, warm winters and little precipitation. Due to winds blowing off the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, the city has experienced some of the highest dew points and heat indices in the world. On July 31, 2015, Jask observed a temperature of 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) degrees with a dew point of 33.0 °C (91.4 °F), leading to a heat index of 69 °C (156 °F).[13] On July 20, 2012, Jask experienced a dew point temperature of 35 °C (95 °F).[14]

See also

•  Iran portal

References

External links

• Media related to Jask at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

[de] Bandar-e Dschask

[ru] Джаск