Economy
The economy is mainly based on Agriculture, handicrafts, and animal husbandry, fishing, and tourism, with 50 percent of Iranian caviar being extracted near this port and where the Iranian Ashouradeh Island is located, which attracts many tourists. Bandar Torkaman is also called "Cotton Island". Cotton is grown abundantly in the harbor which makes Bandar Turkman a strategic cotton-cultivator in the country.
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