| Sirmach سيرمچ | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Sirmach | |
| Coordinates: 25°41′00″N58°17′00″E / 25.68333°N 58.28333°E Coordinates: 25°41′00″N58°17′00″E / 25.68333°N 58.28333°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Hormozgan |
| County | Jask |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Gabrik |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 282 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Sirmach (Persian : سيرمچ, also Romanized as Sīrmach, Sīramoh, and Siramch; also known as Rāpch and Sīrāmach) [1] is a village in Gabrik Rural District, in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 282, in 57 families. [2]
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script, which itself evolved from the Aramaic alphabet.
Gabrik Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,161, in 1,129 families. The rural district has 40 villages.
The Central District of Jask County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان جاسک is a district in Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,807, in 5,854 families. The District has one city: Jask. The District has three rural districts : Gabrik Rural District, Jask Rural District, and Kangan Rural District.
The village is located near a tidal inlet known as Khowr Rapch or Lahūr-e Rāpch, a large and shallow inlet with a maximum depth of 8m, [3] [4] the mouth of which is flanked by sand hills. The port of Jask, Iran is 204.7 km to the west and Chahbahar, 158.1 km to the east.
Jask is a city and capital of Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,133, in 2,406 families.
Iran, also called Persia and officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th most populous country. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), it is the second largest country in the Middle East and the 17th largest in the world. Iran is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. The country's central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the country's capital and largest city, as well as its leading economic and cultural center.
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west.
The nearby deserted village of Galak [5] has been identified by some [6] as the ancient Hellenistic port of Rhogana.
