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Bushehr Province (Persian: استان بوشهر, romanized: Ostān-e Būshehr) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. Its center is Bushehr, the provincial capital. The province has ten counties: Asaluyeh, Bushehr, Dashtestan, Dashti, Deyr, Deylam, Jam, Kangan, Ganaveh and Tangestan. In 2011, the province had a population of approximately 1 million people.

Bushehr Province استان بوشهر
Province
Map of Bushehr Province
Location of Bushehr within Iran
Coordinates: 28.9184°N 50.8382°E / 28.9184; 50.8382
Country	Iran
Region	Region 2[1]
Capital	Bushehr
Counties	10
Government
• Governor general	Ahmad Mohammadizadeh
Area
• Total	22,743 km2 (8,781 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,463,400
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)	Persian, Gulf Arabic and Turkic
HDI (2017)	0.812[3] very high · 9th

The province was put as part of Region 2 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.[1]

History

The Greeks knew of Bushehr by Mezambria during the battles of Nearchus. A French excavating team however in 1913 determined the origin of Bushehr to date back to the Elamite Empire. A city there, known as Lyan, contained a temple that was designed to protect the compound from naval attacks. Its remains can still be seen today 10 kilometers south of the present city of Bushehr.

Marco Polo describes this region as part of the Persian province of Shabankareh. It contains the village of Saba, Iran where are buried (he was told) the three Magi which visited the Christ Child.

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 Portuguese, invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and remained there until Shah Abbas Safavi defeated and liberated the Persian Gulf region of their presence. By 1734, Bushehr had once again risen to prominence due to Nader Shah of the Afsharid dynasty, and his military policies in The Persian Gulf.

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 Dutch continued to have good commercial relations in Bushehr, until the British made their debut in Bushehr in 1763 by a contract they signed with Karim Khan of the Zand dynasty. By then, the city of Bushehr had become Iran's major port city in the Persian Gulf. By the Qajar era, Britain, Norway, Russia, Italy, France, Germany, and the Ottomans had diplomatic and commercial offices there, with Britain steadily gaining a foothold in the area. Close to 100 British ships are reported to have docked at the port city every year during the Qajar era.

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.[4]

Demographics

Language

A vast majority of the population speak Persian (mostly the Fars dialect) as first language with a minority of Arabic and Turkic speakers.[5][6]

Religion

The vast majority of Bushehr's population are Shia Muslims, with a minority of Sunnis comprising 8.5% of the province's population.[7]

Administrative divisions

Map	Shahrestan(county)	Bakhsh(district)	Bakhsh capital	city(s) in Bakhsh
Deylam Ganaveh Dashtestan Bushehr Tangestan Dashti Dayyer Jam Kangan Asaluyeh
	Bushehr	Central	Bushehr	Bushehr Ali Shahr
		Kharg	Kharg	Kharg
		Choghadak	Choghadak	Choghadak
	Tangestan	Central	Ahram	Ahram Abad
		Delvar	Delvar	Delvar
	Jam	Central	Jam	Jam Baharestan
		Riz	Riz	Riz Anarestan
	Dashtestan	Central	Borazjan	Borazjan Dalaki
		Ab Pakhsh	Ab Pakhsh	Ab Pakhsh
		Eram	Tang-e Eram	Tang-e Eram
		Bushkan	Bushkan	Bushkan Kalameh
		Sadabad	Sadabad	Sadabad Vahdatiyeh
		Shabankareh	Shabankareh	Shabankareh
	Dashti	Central	Khormoj	Khormoj
		Shonbeh and Tasuj	Shonbeh	Shonbeh
		Kaki	Kaki	Kaki Baduleh
	Dayyer	Central	Dayyer	Dayyer Bardestan Dowrahak
		Abdan	Abdan	Abdan
		Bord Khun	Bord Khun	Bord Khun
	Deylam	Central	Bandar Deylam	Bandar Deylam
		Imam Hassan	Imam Hassan	Imam Hassan
	Asaluyeh	Central	Asaluyeh	Asaluyeh Nakhl Taqi Bid Khun
		Chah-e Mobarak	Chah-e Mobarak	Chah-e Mobarak
	Kangan	Central	Bandar Kangan	Bandar Kangan Bank
		Siraf	Bandar Siraf	Bandar Siraf
	Ganaveh	Central	Bandar Ganaveh	Bandar Ganaveh
		Rig	Bandar Rig	Bandar Rig

Bushehr today

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 Nuclear Reactor, designed by Siemens AG, built by the Russians, is Iran's first Nuclear Power Plant reactor.

The industrial corridor of Assalouyeh

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 Assalouyeh 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.

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 Boushehr. Boushehr is home to both famous football teams: Shahin-e Boushehr and Pars Jonoubi jam.

Shahin is one of the oldest soccer team in Iran which has found in 1942. Shahin is one of the most popular teams in current Iranian football league just like Tractor-Sazi from Tabriz.

Sajjad Gharibi (born 19 December 1991) is an Iranian bodybuilder.[8][9] He born on Khozestan, Ahwaz, and has lived in Busher. He has become famous in world because of his special physique. His musculus volume is extraordinary for his height, 186 cm (6'2" tall), and weight, 180 kg (390 lb). He has looked like The Incredible Hulk character, because of his size, his Iranian fans have called him Iranian Hulk.[10]

Some attractions of Bushehr

Despite its unique potentials, Bushehr remains to be developed for absorbing tourists and seriously lacks the necessary investment for tourism. The city of Bushehr has 3-star hotels, an airport, and modern amenities. The Cultural heritage Organization of Iran lists up to 45 sites of historical and cultural significance in the province. Some are listed below:

• 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 Manouchehr Atashi. Faiez poems, and Dashti(or Dashtestani) literature in general, resemble Baba Taher's works. Sadeq Chubak, Najaf Daryabandari, and Moniro Ravanipour are among the most prominent writers in the literature of Bushehr.

References

External links

• Bushehr Cultural Heritage Organization
• Iran Oil Terminals Company
• Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company
• 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)

На других языках

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[ru] Бушир (остан)

Буши́р[1] (перс. بوشهر‎ [buːˈʃehr] — Бушехр[2]) — один из 31 остана Ирана. Находится на юге страны на берегу Персидского залива. Площадь — 22 743 км²[3]. Административный центр — город Бушир, другие крупные города — Боразджан, Бендер-Генаве, Хормудж и др. В остане девять шахрестанов. В 2006 году население составляло 886 267 человек[3].

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