Bandar-e Dayyer explained

Official Name:Bandar-e Dayyer
Native Name:fa|بندر دير
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bushehr
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Deyr
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:24083
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:27.8403°N 51.94°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Bandar-e Dayyer (fa|بندر دير) is a city in the Central District of Deyr County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] Bandar-e Deyr was a prominent commercial port in the Persian Gulf,[3] and the Jewish settlers were dominating the local market[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 18,454 in 3,882 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 20,157 people in 4,890 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,083 people in 6,680 households.[7]

Jewish community

Some historians believe that Bandar-e Dayyer during the 13th century was exclusively inhabited by Jews.[8] In the 19th century Lorimer stated that the population is about 5,500 souls, including some Jews.[9] The Jewish community during the 19th century had an estimated population of 20 to 50 families.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)). Bandar-e Deyr, Deyr County. openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap). 27 August 2024. 27 August 2024. fa.
  2. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Bushehr province centered on Bushehr city. fa. lamtakam.com. Lam ta Kam. https://web.archive.org/web/20240424211507/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113031. Ministry of the Interior, Political Defense Commission of the Government Board. Habibi. Hassan. c. 2024. 24 April 2024. Approved 21 June 1369. 24 April 2024. Notification 82824/T138K.
  3. Ahmed Eqtedari, Asar Shahrhay Bastani Sawahel Wa Jazaier Khaleej Fars, 2nd Edition, Entsharat Rawayat Publication, Tehran, page 262
  4. Abdullah Darvishi, Yahoudian Bandar Deyr, 1375
  5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Bushehr Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 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.
  6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Bushehr Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230403085236/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls . 3 April 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
  7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Bushehr Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 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.
  8. هارون وهومن، زندان فراموشي، شركت كتاب، لوس آنجلس، 2007، ص46
  9. Lorimer. Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf Oman & Central Arabia. Government Printing, Calcutta, (1908). V2 p361-362
  10. David Yeroushalmi. The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth century. Brill. Leiden, The Netherlands. (2009). P74

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