Gwadar is a port city on the southwestern coast of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The city is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea, opposite Oman and has a population of over 90,000, according to the 2017 census. It was an overseas possession of Oman from 1783 to 1958. It is about 120 km southwest of Turbat. The sister port city of Chabahar in Iran's Sistan ve Baluchestan province is about 170 km to the west of Gwadar.