Kharg ( fa, خارک; also
Romanize
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d as Khārk) is a city in and capital of
Kharg District
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, in
Bushehr County
Bushehr County ( fa, شهرستان بوشهر) is in Bushehr province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Bushehr
Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ...
,
Bushehr Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,196, in 1,963 families.
Kharg is located on
Kharg Island
Kharg or Khark Island ( fa, جزیره خارک) is a continental island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. The island is located off the coast of Iran and northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. Its total area is . Administered by the adjacent ...
in the
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...
.
Climate
Kharg has a
hot semi-arid climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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: ''BSh'').
References
Populated places in Bushehr County
Cities in Bushehr Province
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