Bandar Gavater

Bandar Gavater (Persian: بندر گواتر, also Romanized as Shahrak Maskūnī-ye Gavāter; also known as Gavātar, Gavāter, Govātar, Gvātar, and Gwātar) is a town 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. The town is located on the northwest shore of Gwatar Bay (which is named after it), near the border with Pakistan. Historically, it forms part of the Makran region, together with a number of other small ports including the nearby similarly named Gwadar to the east and Chahbahar to the west.