Bushehr province
Bushehr Province
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HDI (2017) | 0.812[5] very high · 9th |
Bushehr Province (Persian: استان بوشهر)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline on the Persian Gulf. Its capital is the city of Bushehr.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 886,490 in 188,762 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,032,949 people in 246,742 households.[7] By the time the 2016 census was conducted, the province's population had risen to 1,163,400 inhabitants in 321,826 households.[3]
The province was made a part of Region 2 upon the division of the provinces into five regions, solely for coordination and development purposes, on 22 June 2014.[1]
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Bushehr province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Counties | 2006[6] | 2011[7] | 2016[3] |
---|---|---|---|
Asaluyeh[b] | — | — | 73,958 |
Bushehr | 216,087 | 258,906 | 298,594 |
Dashtestan | 222,226 | 229,425 | 252,047 |
Dashti | 71,285 | 77,530 | 92,319 |
Deylam | 29,079 | 31,570 | 34,828 |
Deyr | 48,488 | 52,523 | 60,612 |
Ganaveh | 82,937 | 90,493 | 102,484 |
Jam | 37,999 | 51,446 | 70,051 |
Kangan | 95,113 | 170,774 | 107,801 |
Tangestan | 63,276 | 70,282 | 76,706 |
Total | 866,490 | 1,032,949 | 1,163,400 |
Cities
According to the 2016 census, 835,955 people (over 71% of the population of Bushehr Province) live in the following cities:[3]
City | Population |
---|---|
Ab Pakhsh | 18,913 |
Abad |
3,787 |
Abdan | 6,827 |
Ahram | 15,198 |
Ali Shahr | 23,178 |
Anarestan | 3,400 |
Asaluyeh | 13,557 |
Baduleh | 4,028 |
Bandar Deylam | 25,730 |
Bandar Ganaveh | 73,472 |
Bandar Kangan | 60,187 |
Bandar Rig | 6,252 |
Bandar Siraf | 6,992 |
Bandar-e Deyr |
24,083 |
Bank | 14,126 |
Bardestan | 7,112 |
Borazjan | 110,567 |
Bord Khun | 5,333 |
Bushehr | 223,504 |
Bushkan | 2,135 |
Choghadak | 18,702 |
Dalaki | 6,436 |
Delvar | 4,442 |
Dowrahak | 4,852 |
Imam Hassan |
2,731 |
Jam | 31,436 |
Kaki | 12,119 |
Kalameh | 2,463 |
Kharg | 8,193 |
Khormoj |
60,942 |
Nakhl Taqi | 18,837 |
Riz | 3,282 |
Sadabad | 8,248 |
Shabankareh | 7,900 |
Shonbeh | 2,747 |
Tang-e Eram | 3,242 |
Vahdatiyeh | 11,222 |
Demographics
Language
A vast majority of the population speak Persian (mostly the Fars dialect) as first language with a minority of Arabic speakers.[9][10]
During the
Religion
The vast majority of Bushehr's population are Shia Muslims, with a minority of Sunnis comprising 8.5% of the province's population.[13]
History
The Greeks knew of Bushehr by Mezambria during the battles of
Marco Polo describes this region as part of the Persian province of
A key turning point in the history of Bor event of significance is known to have taken place in this region until the arrival of the European colonialists in the 16th century.
The
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Sketch_Map_schewing_Tribal_Districts_between_Arabistan_and_Bushire.jpg/220px-Sketch_Map_schewing_Tribal_Districts_between_Arabistan_and_Bushire.jpg)
Bushehr was selected by Nader to be the central base of Nader's Naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. He thus changed the name of the city to Bandar e Naderiyeh (Nader's Port). He hired an Englishman by the name of John Elton to help build his fleet. Dutch accounts report his naval fleet to have amounted to 8000-10000 personnel as well as several ship construction installations.
After Nader's death, the
2013 Bushehr earthquake
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter magnitude scale struck the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh and Tasuj District in Dashti County of Bushehr Province on 9 April 2013, killing at least 37 people.[14]
Bushehr today
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Aside from the revived port city of Bushehr, which is the second main naval port of Iran after Bandar Abbas, Bushehr also has come back recently in the spotlight for three main reasons:
Kharg Island (Khark Island)
During the Iran-Iraq war, Iran's major petroleum exporting ports in Khuzestan sustained damages so severe that a second port in Kharg Island was selected to carry on the major responsibility of Iran's petroleum exports, though even Kharg was not immune from Iraqi air raids.
Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
The Bushehr Light water PWR
The industrial corridor of Asaluyeh
As many as 70,000 foreign engineers and technicians are currently working in this industrial zone 270 kilometers south of the provincial capital. This zone is where the nearby famous South Pars Gas field is located, where Iran has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure. The South Pars Gas field is the world's largest natural gas field.
The Asaluyeh industrial zone is deemed so lucrative that even American companies such as American Allied International Corp and Halliburton have bypassed American sanctions to become somehow involved in the zone.American Allied International Corporation - Assalouyeh
Colleges and universities
- Persian Gulf University
- Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
- Islamic Azad University of Bushehr
- Islamic Azad University of Borazjan
- Islamic Azad University of Shabankare
- Islamic Azad University of Khormuj
- Islamic Azad University of Khark
- Iran Nuclear Energy College
- Payame Noor University of Bushehr
Sports
Football is the most popular sports in
Shahin is one of the oldest soccer team in
Attractions
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Bandar_Genaveh_Blvd.jpg/220px-Bandar_Genaveh_Blvd.jpg)
The city of Bushehr has 3-star hotels, an airport, and modern amenities. The
- Persian Gulf Beach(Bushehr)
- Deje Borazjan
- Kakhe tauke (borazjan)
- Shahzade Ebrahim (Shazabreim)
- Qal'eh Holandiha (The Dutch Castle)
- Mabad Poseidon, (Poseidon's temple)
- Gurestan Bastani (the ancient cemetery)
- Imamzadeh Mir Mohammed Hanifeh
- Aramgah (tomb of) Haj Mohammed Ibrahim Esfahani
- The Old Church of Kharg Island
- Qavam water reservoir
- Qazi House
- Maqbareh (tomb of) the English General
- Shaykh Sadoon Mosque
- The Holy Christ Church
- House of Raies Ali Delvari
- House of Malik
- The ancient site of Ray-Shahr which is located 8 km south of Bushehr.
- Tomb of Abdul mohaymrn
- House Darya Baygui
- House of Dehdashti
- Castle of Khormuj
Literature
Bushehr has been home to some famous poets. Among them are Faiez Dashti (Dashtestani) (1830–1919) and
are among the most prominent writers in the literature of Bushehr.See also
Media related to Bushehr Province at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
- romanizedas Ostān-e Būšehr
- ^ Separated from Kangan County after the 2011 census[8]
References
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- ^ Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (29 September 2013). "Approval letter regarding country divisions in Bushehr province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Language distribution: Bushehr Province". Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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- ^ "فضای صمیمی بین اهل سنت و شیعه در استان بوشهر وجود دارد" [There is an intimate atmosphere between Sunnis and Shias in Bushehr province]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Iran quake kills 37, injures more than 850". CNN. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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External links
- Bushehr Cultural Heritage Organization
- Iran Oil Terminals Company
- Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Pars Special Economic Energy Zone
- National Iranian Gas Company
- National Petrochemical Company of Iran Archived 2017-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Bushehr Province Department of Education (in Persian)
- Official website of Shahin Club (in Persian)
- Iranian textbooks On Bushehr province (in Persian)