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Bushehr province
استان بوشهر (Persian)
Province
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[1][2]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 2[3]
CapitalBushehr
Counties10
Government
 • Governor generalArsalan Zare (Independent)
Area
 • Total
22,743 km2 (8,781 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
1,163,400
 • Density51.154/km2 (132.49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian, Luri,[5] Arabic and Turkic
HDI (2017)0.812[6]
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.[7]

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.[3]

History

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Political map showing different local tribal regions and alliances in the Bushehr area, 1915

The Portuguese Empire invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and remained there until Shah Abbas Safavi defeated them and liberated the Persian Gulf region.[citation needed]

2013 Bushehr earthquake

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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.[8]

Demographics

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Language

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A vast majority of the population speak Persian (mostly the Fars dialect) as a first language. There is a minority of Arabic speakers.[9][10]

During the Safavid period, some people from the Kurdish Zanganeh tribe moved from Kermanshah to the villages between Ahram and Borazjan and formed a local government in this area, and from that time until the beginning of Qajar, this part of Bushehr province was called Zanganeh bloc.[11]

Bushehr linguistic composition[12]
language percent
Dialects of Fars
 
 67.61%
Arabic
 
 9.59%
New Persian
 
 3.70%
Qashqai
 
 0.65%
Other, mixed
 
 18.45%

Religion

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The vast majority of Bushehr's population are Shia Muslims, with a minority of Sunnis comprising 8.5% of the province's population.[13]

Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 886,490 in 188,762 households.[14] The following census in 2011 counted 1,032,949 people in 246,742 households.[15] The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 1,163,400 inhabitants in 321,826 households.[4]

Administrative divisions

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The population history and structural changes of Bushehr province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Bushehr province
Counties2006[14]2011[15]2016[4]
Asaluyeh[b]——73,958
Bushehr216,087258,906298,594
Dashtestan222,226229,425252,047
Dashti71,28577,53092,319
Deylam29,07931,57034,828
Deyr48,48852,52360,612
Ganaveh82,93790,493102,484
Jam37,99951,44670,051
Kangan95,113170,774107,801
Tangestan63,27670,28276,706
Total866,4901,032,9491,163,400

Cities

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According to the 2016 census, 835,955 people (over 71% of the population of Bushehr province) live in the following cities:[4]

CityPopulation
Ab Pakhsh18,913
Abdan6,827
Ahram15,198
Ali Shahr23,178
Anarestan3,400
Asaluyeh13,557
Baduleh4,028
Bandar Deylam25,730
Bandar Ganaveh73,472
Bandar Kangan60,187
Bandar Rig6,252
Bandar Siraf6,992
Bandar-e Deyr24,083
Bank14,126
Bardestan7,112
Borazjan110,567
Bord Khun5,333
Bushehr223,504
Bushkan2,135
Choghadak18,702
Dalaki6,436
Delvar4,442
Dowrahak4,852
Emam Hasan2,731
Jam31,436
Kaki12,119
Kalameh2,463
Kharg8,193
Khvormuj60,942
Nakhl Taqi18,837
Riz3,282
Sadabad8,248
Shabankareh7,900
Shahrabad3,787
Shonbeh2,747
Tang-e Eram3,242
Vahdatiyeh11,222

21st century

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The coast in Bushehr by the Persian Gulf.
Topological and bathmetery map of Bushehr province

The city of Bushehr is the second main naval port of Iran after Bandar Abbas,[citation needed]:

Kharg Island (Khark Island)

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As of March 2026, during the 2026 Iran War, Kharg Island was of great strategic significance, carrying up to 90 per cent of Iran's oil exports through its terminal.[17]

Bushehr Nuclear Reactor

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The Bushehr Light water PWR Nuclear Reactor, designed by Siemens, built by the Russians, is Iran's first Nuclear Power Plant reactor.[citation needed]

Sports

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Bushehr is home to the football teams Shahin-e Bushehr and Pars Jonoubi jam.[citation needed]

Notable writers

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Colleges and universities

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See also

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Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Bushehr Province at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

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  1. ↑ Also romanized as Ostān-e Būšehr
  2. ↑ Separated from Kangan County in 2013[16]

References

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  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 August 2024). "Bakhsh-e-Markazi of Bushehr County, Bushehr County, Bushehr Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "RRMM+88P Bushehr, Bushehr Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Bushehr Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Luri (لوری)". Omniglot. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان بوشهر به مرکزیت شهر بوشهر [‌Approval of the organization and the hierarchy of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bushehr province with the city of Bushehr as its capital]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 51E6AB17-6790-42EF-804B-D38845E50FAD. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Iran quake kills 37, injures more than 850". CNN. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Language distribution: Bushehr Province". Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Anonby, Erik & Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza, et al. (eds.). 2015–2022. Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI). Ottawa: Geomatics & Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. (http://iranatlas.net/) (Accessed 2022-04-27).
  11. ↑ "تاريخچه شهرستان تنگستان".
  12. ↑ "Language distribution: Bushehr province". 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Bushehr Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  15. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Bushehr Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  16. ↑ Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (1 January 2013) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 1391/10/12 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان بوشهر وزارت کشور [‌Resolution on national divisions in Bushehr province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification Number] 200653/T46432H. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  17. ↑ Clark, Emily (11 March 2026). "Kharg Island could be Iran's weak spot as Washington reportedly considers ground invasion options". ABC News. Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
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