Bushkan District Explained
Bushkan District should not be confused with Bushkan Rural District.
Bushkan District |
Native Name: | Persian: بخش بوشکان |
Settlement Type: | District |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Kalameh |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Coordinates: | 28.9211°N 51.6567°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bushehr |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dashtestan |
Population Total: | 12943 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Bushkan District (Persian: بخش بوشکان) is in Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kalameh.[2]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 12,242 in 2,721 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 11,915 people in 3,109 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 12,943 inhabitants living in 3,776 households,[5] by which time the village of Bushkan had been elevated to the status of a city.[6]
Administrative divisions
Bushkan District PopulationAdministrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| 4,409 | 4,181 | 2,434 |
| 5,896 | 5,570 | 5,911 |
Bushkan (city) | | | 2,135 |
Kalameh (city) | 1,937 | 2,164 | 2,463 |
Total | 12,242 | 11,915 | 12,943 |
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See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Bushkan District (Dashtestan County) . . 30 March 2023 . 30 March 2023 . fa.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.