Minu Island Explained

Minu Island
Native Name:Persian: جزیره مینو
Pushpin Map:Iran
Pushpin Map Width:220
Coordinates:[1]
Location:Khuzestan, Iran
Area Km2:17.8
Country:Iran
Population As Of:2016
Population:9,154

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]

The island is between the cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr. Much of the island population comprises Arabs.[2] [3] Minu District, which includes the city of Minushahr, is nearly co-extensive with the island.[1]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (comprising most of the island's inhabitants), was 7,582 in 1,562 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 8,267 people in 2,139 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,154 in 2,549 households.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Minu Island, Iran . . 13 August 2024 . 13 August 2024 . fa.
  2. Rahmati . Hamid . Farshchi . Parvin . Pournoori . Mansoor . 2022-05-01 . Zoning of the southern coastal region of the IRAN based on Pollution of water resources (Case study: Minoo Island) . Anthropogenic Pollution . 6 . 1 . 100–108 . 10.22034/ap.2022.1951890.1128 . 2783-1736. (PDF)
  3. Asl . Sina Razzaghi . 2022 . Green-oriented planning for shrinking cities through an integrated ecosystem services/disservices analysis: A Case of Minoo Island, Iran . International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development . 10 . 1 . 183–208 . 10.14246/irspsd.10.1_183. 245974522 . free . (PDF)
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 06 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093911/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/06.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 06 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118191739/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Khuzestan.xls . 18 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 06 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021081917/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_06.xlsx . Excel . 21 October 2020.