Abumusa County () is in Hormozgan province, Iran. It consists of six islands in the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a Mediterranean seas, mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.Un ...

Abu Musa Abu Musa ( , , ) is an Iranian island in the eastern Persian Gulf, found near the entrance of Strait of Hormuz. Due to the depth of sea, oil tankers and big ships have to pass between Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs, making these is ...

Sirri Island Sirri Island (), is an island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. Sirri island (also known as Siri Island) is situated from Bandar-e Lengeh and west of Abu Musa island. Sirri is one of six islands in the Abu Musâ Island Group (and is pa ...

, the

Greater and Lesser Tunbs Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb (, ''Tonb-e Bozorg'' and ''Tonb-e Kuchak'', , ''Tunb el-Kubra'' and ''Tunb el-Sughra'') are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at and , respectively, some from each ...

Faror Island Faror or Farvar Island () is an island in Hormozgan province in Iran. Geography Faror Island is in size, in area, and reaches a height of . It is located from the city of Abu Moussa and from Bandar Abbas. Little Faror Island, with an ar ...

and Little Faror. Its capital is the city of

History

After the 2006 National Census, Sirri Rural District was created in the Central District. After the 2016 census, the village of Tunb-e Bozorg was elevated to the status of a city.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,860 in 505 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,263 people in 679 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 7,402 in 924 households.

Administrative divisions

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

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{{Authority control Abumusa County Counties of Hormozgan province