Jask

Jask ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Jask ( and ) is a city in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. ==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,133 in 2,406 households. The following census in 2011 counted 13,810 people in 2,958 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 16,860 people¹ in 4,415 households. Jask is a port town, about south of Tehran, situated on the Gulf of Oman. It is the site of an Iranian Navy base that opened on 28 October 2008. Prior to the 2026 Iran war, the base's position ostensibly provided the Iranian Navy with a capability to close the Strait of Hormuz in order to block the entry of an "enemy" into the Persian Gulf. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari remarked on the base's opening in 2008 that Iran was "creating a new defense front in the region, thinking of a non-regional enemy." The port of Jask was also the proposed terminus of the Neka-Jask pipeline. The city also has the Jask Airport. ===1600-2000=== The English people made Jask their primary commercial port in the 17th century, and in 1616 AD, an East India Company ship carrying their first shipment sailed from India and arrived at Jask. English businessmen founded the first East India Company trading post in Jask in the year 1619¹. Jask served as the East India Company's hub for trade and transactions with the Iranian central region up until Bandar Abbas was given responsibility for English trade. The English and Portuguese engaged in a bloody battle that ended with the Portuguese being defeated and driven from Jask in the late 1620s after the Portuguese blocked two East India Company ships from entering the port. ===2001-present=== By 2013, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy had established a naval base at Jask. In January 2025, they announced that they planned to establish electronic warfare units in the port of Jask. On 12 May 2026 during the 2026 Iran war, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced a greatly expanded definition of the Strait of Hormuz stretching hundreds of kilometers from Jask to Greater Tunb Island in the north. ==Climate== Jask has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with very hot summers, warm winters and little precipitation. Due to winds blowing off the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, the city has experienced some of the highest dew points and heat indices in the world. On July 31, 2015, Jask observed a temperature of degrees with a dew point of , leading to a heat index of . On July 20, 2012, Jask experienced a dew point temperature of .

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