Place:Bushehr, Bushehr, Iran

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NameBushehr
Alt namesBandar abu Shehrsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 135
Bandar-E-Bushehrsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 135
Bukht Ardashirsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 339
Bushiresource: Wikipedia
Būshahrsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 674
Būshehrsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Persissource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 674
TypeCity
Coordinates28.983°N 50.817°E
Located inBushehr, Iran
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Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( ; also romanised as Būshehr, Bouchehr, Buschir and Busehr), also known as Bandar Bushehr (; also romanised as Bandar Būshehr and Bandar-e Būshehr), previously Antiochia in Persis and Bukht Ardashir, is the capital city of Bushehr Province, Iran and a port city in south of Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 161,674, in 40,771 families.

Bushehr lies in a vast plain running along the coastal region on the Persian Gulf coast of south-western Iran. It is built near the ancient port city of Rishahr (Sassanian, Riv Ardasher). It was the chief seaport of the country and is the administrative center of its province. Its location is about south of Tehran. Bushehr has a desert climate.

Bushehr was the main trade center of Iran in the past centuries. The city structures are traditional in style, modest in proportion and cost. Due to its lack of rail connection to the interior of the country and its shallow anchorage, it has lost its position as the primary port of Iran.

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