Bushehr province
Bushehr Province (Persian: استان بوشهر, romanized: Ostān-e Būšehr) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline on the Persian Gulf. The city of Bushehr is the provincial capital. At the 2006 census, the province's population was 886,490 in 188,762 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,032,949 people in 246,742 households. By the time the 2016 census was conducted, the province's population had risen to 1,163,400 inhabitants in 321,826 households.
Bushehr Province
استان بوشهر | |
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Province | |
Location of Bushehr province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 28.9184°N 50.8382°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 2 |
| Capital | Bushehr |
| Counties | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Governor general | Ahmad Mohammadizadeh |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22,743 km2 (8,781 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,163,400 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Main language(s) | Persian, Luri, Arabic and Turkic |
| HDI (2017) | 0.812 very high · 9th |
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.
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