Bushehr
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| Province : | Bushehr | ||
| Coordinates : | 28 ° 58 ′ N , 50 ° 50 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 8 m | ||
| Residents : | 170,769 (2012) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
| Website: | www.bushehr.ir | ||
Bushehr ( Persian بوشهر, DMG Būšehr , English Bushehr or Bushire ) is a city in Iran in the province of the same name . It has almost 171,000 inhabitants (as of 2012 extrapolation) and is internationally known for the nearby nuclear power plant .
geography
The city is located in the southwest of the country on the Persian Gulf .
history
The area around the city had already gained some importance at the time of the Elamite Empire and there was a city here called Liyan . Liyan was an important trading town with trade routes leading to Fars . Some Elamite kings built and expanded a temple here, but it is only known from the inscribed bricks that were found here. The main goddess worshiped in Liyan was Kirisha von Liyan .
Excavations took place in the early 20th century. In the Seleucid period Antioch in Persis may have been here. Parthian settlement is also attested by graves . The city was re-founded by the Sassanid king Ardaschir I (or maybe just got a new name) and was now called Rev Ardaschir , from which Reschahr developed. The place was also the seat of a Nestorian Christian bishop.
In 1736, today's city of Bushehr was founded by Nadir Shah . In 1737 the Dutch East India Company opened a trading post that existed until 1753. In 1763, Karim Khan allowed the British East India Company to set up a trading post. In 1822 the British established the Persian Gulf Residency in Bushehr , also known as the Bushire Residency after its seat , the fulcrum of indirect British rule in the region. The resident (PRPG; Balyuz al-Khalij ) had his seat in Bushehr until 1946, then in Bahrain until 1971 . The region was initially of economic importance due to its natural sponges and pearl fishing .
British troops occupied Bushehr in 1856 as part of the Anglo-Persian War . During the First World War , Bushehr was occupied again by the British. In the First World War in 1915, British troops marched into Bushehr. Bushehr was also occupied by British troops during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II . The British troops were replaced by US troops from October 1942, who set up a military supply route for the Soviet Union across Iran, which was called the Persian Corridor .
population
The majority of the population are Iranian Shiites , alongside them there is an Arab and a black African minority.
economy
The Bushehr nuclear power plant with its own port is under construction south of the city . The construction was supported by Russia with around 300 workers (as of March 2005) on site. The plant, with a 1000 MW - VVER reactor, came in 2004 in connection with the accusation of Iran pursuing a secret nuclear weapons program, repeated in the spotlight of international media. At the beginning of September 2011, the power plant was connected to the national power grid.
Personalities
- Behrouz Khosrozadeh (* 1959), political scientist and publicist
See also
literature
- Xavier de Planhol, Moḥammad-Taqī Masʿūdīya: BŪŠEHR . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 4 (6), Paragraph a009, as of December 15, 1990, accessed on June 5, 2011 (English, including references)
- Bushire . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 4 : Bishārīn - Calgary . London 1910, p. 870 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Bushehr on thepersiangulf.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
