Bastak County () is in Hormozgan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bastak.

History

After the 2016 National Census, the villages of Henguiyeh, Kuhij, and Kukherdharang were elevated to city status.

Demographics

Language

Bastak was traditionally part of the region of Irahistan. Bastak's inhabitants are

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...

and speak Achomi (Larestani) language. The Bastaki accent of

Achomi language Achomi (), also known as Khodmooni and Larestani, is a Middle Persian (Parsig) derived and Southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Achomi people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of Ajam citizens in the ...

is very similar to the Khonji, Gerashi and Fedaghi and Evazi and other regional accents.

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 65,716 in 13,563 households. The following census in 2011 counted 80,119 people in 18,780 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 80,492 in 21,684 households.

Administrative divisions

Bastak County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Notes

References

{{Bastak County, state=collapsed Bastak County Counties of Hormozgan province