Geography

With an area about 91 Km, Kish Island is located in 18 Km of south part of Iran and in north part of Persian Gulf. It appears to be in the form of an oval with the big diameter of 15 Km and small diameter of 8 Km and it falls in the area of Hormozgan province and Bandar Lengeh city in terms of state political and administrative divisions. Some geographical features of Kish such as being located in Persian Gulf strategic geographical zone, fine climate in 8 months of year and having coral beaches have provided this island with a so unique situation in terms of tourism and trade

Population demography

 According to the census carried out in 2011, total population of Kish is 23027 facing a growth equal to 39/5% (3/6% annually) comparing to year 2000. Based on this, annual average growth of number of the families living in the island has been estimated 3% with 7446 habitants through the years 2006 to 2011. Likewise, gender proportion has been estimated to be 112/5 males in lieu of every 100 females