Bushehr Province
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Bushehr /
Khormuj /
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World / Iran / Bushehr
province, first-level administrative division, draw only border
Bushehr (Persian: بوشهر) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, located in the southern part of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. It also borders Khuzestan and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces in the north, Fars province in the east and Hormozgan province in the south-east. Bushehr province has an 22,743 km² and a population of 816,115 (2005) and its center is the port city of Bushehr.
Geographical structure of the province divides it into two different regions; the plain region in the west and south-west and the mountainous region in the north and north-east. The weather on the former is very warm and humid, while the later has a very dry and warm climate. There are two distinguishable seasons in the province. Winter, with moderate to cold climate, usually starts from November and lasts until March, while a hot summer fills the rest of the year. The average temperature in the province is 24 C, with the highest recorded temperature at 50 C and the lowest at 6 C.
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. The Portuguese, invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and remained there until Shah Abbas Safavi successfully defeated and liberated the Persian Gulf region from them.
By 1734, Bushehr had once again risen to prominence due to Nadir Shah, the founder of Afsharid dynasty, and his military policies in the Persian Gulf. Bushehr was selected by Nadir to be the central base of Nadir's Naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. He thus changed the name of the city to Bandar e Nadiriyeh (Nadir'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 Nadir'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.
Iran's first Nuclear Reactor, the controversial Bushehr Light water Nuclear Reactor is located twelve kilometers south of Bushehr city.
Geographical structure of the province divides it into two different regions; the plain region in the west and south-west and the mountainous region in the north and north-east. The weather on the former is very warm and humid, while the later has a very dry and warm climate. There are two distinguishable seasons in the province. Winter, with moderate to cold climate, usually starts from November and lasts until March, while a hot summer fills the rest of the year. The average temperature in the province is 24 C, with the highest recorded temperature at 50 C and the lowest at 6 C.
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. The Portuguese, invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and remained there until Shah Abbas Safavi successfully defeated and liberated the Persian Gulf region from them.
By 1734, Bushehr had once again risen to prominence due to Nadir Shah, the founder of Afsharid dynasty, and his military policies in the Persian Gulf. Bushehr was selected by Nadir to be the central base of Nadir's Naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. He thus changed the name of the city to Bandar e Nadiriyeh (Nadir'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 Nadir'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.
Iran's first Nuclear Reactor, the controversial Bushehr Light water Nuclear Reactor is located twelve kilometers south of Bushehr city.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushehr_Province
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Coordinates: 28°47'25"N 51°30'33"E
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