Official Name: | Milak |
Native Name: | ميلك |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sistan and Baluchestan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hirmand |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Jahanabad |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 2,385 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 30.97°N 61.8092°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 1571 |
Elevation M: | 478 |
Milak (fa|ميلك, also Romanized as Mīlak) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,385, in 444 families.
Milak is situated on the Afghanistan-Iran border. It is one of the major junctions that connects land-locked Afghanistan to international waters through Iran. After the collapse of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Milak lost importance in the transit of goods to Afghanistan. In recent years, Afghanistan, Iran and India have agreed to reactivate the Milak route by building a new international logistics hub in Chabahar, connected to Milak.
In 2004, the governments of Iran and Afghanistan officially reopened the Milak-Zaranj border crossing,[2] which is heavily used today.[3]
There is also a project for a railway connection to Chabahar via Zahedan.
The Milak-Zaranj Bridge crosses the Helmand River.[4]