Bushkan Explained

Official Name:Bushkan
Native Name:Persian: بوشكان
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bushehr
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dashtestan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Bushkan
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:2135
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:28.8297°N 51.6989°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Bushkan (Persian: بوشكان) is a city in Bushkan District of Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Bushkan Rural District.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,337 in 513 households, when it was a village in Bushkan Rural District.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 2,279 people in 581 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,135 people in 603 households,[5] by which time the village of Bushkan had been elevated to the status of a city.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Bushkan, Dashtestan County . . 30 March 2023 . 30 March 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding changes in Bushehr province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425111631/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121686 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Habibi . Hassan . 25 April 2024 . 25 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 18 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093422/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 18 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403085236/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls . 3 April 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 18 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212745/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx . Excel . 3 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Approval letter regarding country divisions in Bushehr province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201195518/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/825202 . 16 September 2013 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 1 December 2023 . 1 December 2023.