Bushehr (Province)

استان بوشهر Bushehr
Location of the Bushehr Province in Iran
Basic data
Country	Iran
Capital	Bandar-e Bushehr
surface	22,743 km²
Residents	1,163,400 (2016 census)
density	51 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	IR-06

Coordinates: 28 ° 51 '  N , 51 ° 20'  E

Coast of the Persian Gulf in Bushehr

The ruins of Siraf

The Bushehr Province ( Persian استان بوشهر) is one of the 31 provinces in Iran . The capital is Bandar-e Bushehr .

1,163,400 people live in the province (2016 census). The province covers 22,743 square kilometers and has a population density of 39 people per square kilometer.

geography

The province extends north and south of its capital along the Persian Gulf in the south of the country.

climate

While the summers are unbearably hot, the winter is pleasantly mild - yet life comes to a complete standstill at noon all year round.

Administrative division

The province of Bushehr is divided into nine districts:

• Bushehr
• That testan
• Dashti
• Dayyer
• Deylam
• Genaveh
• Jam
• Kangan
• Tangestan

population

In general, the inhabitants of the Gulf Coast, who have a darker skin color than the inhabitants of the highlands, are referred to as Bandari (Pers. Bandar : "harbor"). As in the province of Hormozgan , they are largely of Arab or Black African origin and belong to sedentary clans of various nomadic tribes . They have preserved many of their traditions to this day. They mostly speak Arabic and are predominantly of the Sunni faith - although they also cultivate the cult of tsar, which is well known in Egypt and Sudan .

The islanders in particular still dress traditionally. The men wear long cloaks and turban , the women wide trousers and colored robes; They also wear a colored face mask made of embroidered goatskin that only leaves their eyes and mouth exposed.

Colleges

• Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
• Islamic Azad University of Bushehr
• Islamic Azad University of Khark
• Iran Nuclear Energy College
• Persian Gulf University

See also

• Siraf , once an important port city in what is now the province of Bushehr

Web links

Commons : Buschehr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bushehr Cultural Heritage Organization (Persian)
• Website of the Ministry of Education in Bushehr (Persian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://irandataportal.syr.edu/census/census-2016