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Kangan County

Coordinates: 27°42′07″N 52°15′31″E / 27.70194°N 52.25861°E / 27.70194; 52.25861
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Not to be confused with Kangavar County.
For the city, see Bandar Kangan. For other places with a similar name, see Kangan.

Kangan County
Persian: شهرستان کنگان
County
Persian Gulf coastline in Kangan County
Persian Gulf coastline in Kangan County
Location of Kangan County in Bushehr province (bottom, yellow)
Location of Kangan County in Bushehr province (bottom, yellow)
Location of Bushehr province in Iran
Location of Bushehr province in Iran
Coordinates: 27°42′07″N 52°15′31″E / 27.70194°N 52.25861°E / 27.70194; 52.25861[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceBushehr
CapitalBandar Kangan
DistrictsCentral, Siraf
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
107,801
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Kangan County (Persian: شهرستان کنگان) is in Bushehr province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar Kangan.[4]

History

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Asaluyeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Asaluyeh County in 2013.[5]

In 2019, Tombak Rural District was created in the Central District, and Taheri Rural District and the city of Bandar Siraf were separated from it in the formation of Siraf District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Shirinu Rural District.[6] The village of Shirinu was converted to the city of Bandar-e Shirinu in 2023.[7]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 95,113 in 15,220 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 170,774 people in 25,667 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 107,801 in 27,873 households.[3]

Administrative divisions

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

Kangan County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[8] 2011[9] 2016[3]
Central District 40,793 105,190 107,801
Howmeh RD 733 1,889 3,358
Taheri RD 3,886 8,320 23,138
Tombak RD[a]
Bandar Kangan (city) 23,921 76,329 60,187
Bandar Siraf (city) 3,500 7,137 6,992
Bank (city) 8,753 11,515 14,126
Asaluyeh District[b] 54,320 65,584
Asaluyeh RD 31,319 32,977
Nayband RD 10,437 13,220
Asaluyeh (city) 4,746 7,884
Nakhl Taqi (city) 7,818 11,503
Siraf District[a]
Shirinu RD[a]
Taheri RD
Bandar Siraf (city)[c]
Bandar-e Shirinu (city)[d]
Total 95,113 170,774 107,801
RD = Rural District

See also

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Media related to Kangan County at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Established after the 2016 census[6]
  2. ^ Transferred to Asaluyeh County[5]
  3. ^ Formerly the village of Taheri[10]
  4. ^ Became a city after the 2016 census[7]

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (27 August 2024). "Taheri Rural District, Siraf District, Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ "P725+QCH Akhtar, Bushehr Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Bushehr Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان بوشهر به مرکزیت شهر بوشهر [‌Approval of the organization and the hierarchy of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bushehr province with the city of Bushehr as its capital]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 51E6AB17-6790-42EF-804B-D38845E50FAD. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (1 January 2013) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 1391/10/12 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان بوشهر وزارت کشور [‌Resolution on national divisions in Bushehr province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification Number] 200653/T46432H. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (26 February 2019) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 1397/12/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستانهای جم، کنگان در استان بوشهر [‌Approval letter regarding country divisions in Jam and Kangan Counties in Bushehr province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification Number] 164182/T55741H. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b Mokhber, Mohammad (14 August 2023) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 1402/5/23 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان بوشهر [‌Resolution on national divisions in Bushehr province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification number] 88687/T59753H. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Bushehr Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  9. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان بوشهر [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Bushehr Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  10. ^ Davoodi, Parviz (27 December 2008) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1387/10/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تغییر نام شهر « طاهری» از توابع بخش مرکزی شهرستان کنگان در استان بوشهر به شهر « سیراف» [‌Approval letter regarding changing the name of Taheri city from the Central District of Kangan County in Bushehr province to Siraf city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 5A2919DB-C091-47BF-974D-F60FF5550D7B. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.


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