Bandar Gavater
Bandar Gavater (Persian: بندر گواتر, also Romanized as Shahrak Maskūnī-ye Gavāter; also known as Gavātar, Gavāter, Govātar, Gvātar, and Gwātar)[1] is a village in Sand-e Mir Suiyan Rural District, Dashtiari District, Dashtiari County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 437, in 85 families.[2] The village is located on Gwadar Bay, near the border with Pakistan.
Bandar Gavater 
    بندر گواتر  | |
|---|---|
village  | |
![]() Bandar Gavater  | |
| Coordinates: 25°09′51″N 61°29′50″E | |
| Country | |
| Province | Sistan and Baluchestan | 
| County | Dashtiari | 
| Bakhsh | Dashtiari | 
| Rural District | Sand-e Mir Suiyan | 
| Population  (2006)  | |
| • Total | 437 | 
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) | 
Historical features
    
Gwatar was a Portuguese military base before it became a village. The old village of Gwatar was a trading base before it was devastated in a war between its Sardarzahi rulers, Sardar Jalalkhan and Sardar Mirsuban. After the war all of its population migrated to Jiwani in Pakistan.
References
    
- Shahrak Maskuni-ye Gavater can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3063764" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
 - "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
 
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