Bushehr province

Bushehr Province
Persian: استان بوشهر
Map of Iran with Bushehr highlighted
Location of Bushehr Province within Iran
Location of Bushehr Province
Coordinates: 28°50′N 50°50′E / 28.833°N 50.833°E / 28.833; 50.833[2]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 2[1]
CapitalBushehr
Counties10
Government
 • Governor generalAhmad Mohammadizadeh
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsHashem Hosseini Bushehri
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderGholam Ali Safai Bushehri
Area
 • Total22,743 km2 (8,781 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total1,163,400
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian, Luri,[4] Arabic and Turkic
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]

  1. ^ a b "استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 May 2024). "Bushehr Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Luri (لوری)
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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