Bandar Kangan
Persian: بندر كنگان
City
Bandar Kangan is located in Iran
Bandar Kangan
Bandar Kangan
Coordinates: 27°50′20″N 52°03′43″E / 27.83889°N 52.06194°E / 27.83889; 52.06194[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceBushehr
CountyKangan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total60,187
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Bandar Kangan (Persian: بندر كنگان, also Romanized as Bandar-e Kangān; also known as Kangān and Kangun)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, the Central District of Kangan County, Bushehr province, Iran, and also serves as capital of the county.

At the 2006 census, its population was 23,921 in 5,200 households.[4] The census in 2011 counted 76,329 people in 9,304 households.[5] The 2016 census showed a population of 60,187 people in 19,225 households.[2]

Language

The linguistic composition of the city:[6]

Bandar Kangan linguistic composition
language percent
Kanguni
 
 60%
Arabic
 
 25%
Koroshi
 
 0.3%
Other/Mixed
 
 14.7%

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (31 March 2023). "Bandar Kangan, Kangan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Bandar Kangan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3069533" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 18. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Language distribution: Bushehr Province". Iran Atlas. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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