Bandar Gavater (, also

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d as Shahrak Maskūnī-ye Gavāter; also known as Gavātar, Gavāter, Govātar, Gvātar, and Gwātar) is a town in

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, Sistan and Baluchestan province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 437, in 85 families. The town is located on the northwest shore of Gwatar Bay (which is named after it), near the border with

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. Historically, it forms part of the

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region, together with a number of other small ports including the nearby similarly named

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to the east and Chahbahar to the west.

History

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

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in Pakistan. In 1864, Gwatar was visited by the British "Persian Boundary Commission", who estimated there were 250 inhabitants, mostly engaged in fishing.

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