Ganaveh County Explained

Ganaveh County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان گناوه
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranBushehr-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Bushehr province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bushehr
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Bandar Ganaveh
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Rig
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:102484
Coordinates:29.4833°N 88°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Ganaveh County (Luri and Persian: شهرستان گناوه) is in Bushehr province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar Ganaveh.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 82,937 in 17,701 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 90,493 people in 22,355 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 102,484 in 28,181 households.[5]

Abū-Saʿīd Jannābī, the founder of the Qarmatian state, was from Ganaveh. The people of Ganaveh speak the Luri language.

Administrative divisions

Ganaveh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Ganaveh County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016
Central District 70,110 77,030 88,649
10,819 12,920 15,177
Bandar Ganaveh (city) 59,291 64,110 73,472
Rig District 12,827 13,463 13,825
7,570 7,844 7,573
Bandar Rig (city) 5,257 5,619 6,252
Total 82,937 90,493 102,484

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Ganaveh County . . 31 March 2023 . 31 March 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of country divisions of Bushehr province centered on Bushehr city . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240424211507/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113031 . Ministry of Interior, Political Defense Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 24 April 2024 . 7 July 1369 . 24 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.