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Kish Island
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island in Bandar Lengeh County, Iran
Kish Island is an island located in Bandar Lengeh County in Iran. It serves as a notable geographic feature in the region, though specific details about its significance or characteristics are not provided here.
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In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Kish Island is referenced by 882 other articles, and connects out to Iranian Oil Bourse, Hormozgan Province and Qeshm Island.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle.
It is catalogued under topics including Arab communities in Hormozgan province, Bandar Lengeh County and Islands of Iran.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Iran
- Province
- Hormozgān Province
- County
- Bandar Lengeh County
- District
- Kish District
- City
- Kish
- Head of free trade zone
- Mohammad Kabiri
- Land
- 91.5 km (35.3 sq mi)
- Total
- 55,205
- Time zone
- UTC+3:30 ( IRST )
- Website
- Kish Free Zone Organization
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Kish District
- Population
- 39853
- Area
- 91.5
- Elevation
- 45
- Time zone
- UTC+03:30
- Body of water
- Persian Gulf
- Official website
- www.kish.ir
- Image
- Kish - panoramio - Farid Atar (2).jpg
- Width
- 7.5
- Length
- 15.45
Show 6 more facts
- different from
- Kish
- Commons category
- Kish Island
- topic's main category
- Category:Kish Island
- coastline
- 55
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- twinned administrative body
- Dubai
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Encyclopedic overview
Kish (Persian: کیش listen) is a 91.5-square-kilometre (35.3 mi) resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The island's population center is the city of Kish. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is marketed as a consumers' paradise, offering shopping centers, tourist attractions, and resort hotels. It has an estimated population of around 55,205 residents and about 12 million visitors annually.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kish Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.