Bushkan

For the administrative divisions, see Bushkan District and Bushkan Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Bushkan.

Bushkan (Persian: بوشكان)^[a] is a city in Bushkan District of Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Bushkan Rural District.^[5]

Bushkan Persian: بوشكان
City
Bushkan
Coordinates: 28°49′47″N 51°41′59″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Bushehr
County	Dashtestan
District	Bushkan
Established as a city	2012[2]
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	2,135
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,337 in 513 households, when it was a village in Bushkan Rural District.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,279 people in 581 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,135 people in 603 households,^[3] by which time the Bushkan had been elevated to the status of a city.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Booshakan and Būshkān; also known as Būshgān^[4]