Bandar Rig
Bandar Rig (Persian: بندرريگ; also Romanized as Bandar Rīg and Bandar-e Rīg; also known simply as Rig)[2] is a city in and capital of Rig District, in Ganaveh County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,257, in 1,169 families.[3]
Bandar Rig
بندرريگ | |
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City | |
  Bandar Rig | |
| Coordinates: 29°29′09″N 50°37′42″E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Bushehr |
| County | Ganaveh |
| Bakhsh | Rig |
| Population (2016 Census) | |
| • Total | 6,252 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
According to a 1939 publication of the anthropologist Henry Field, 12,000 Circassians lived in Bandar Rig.[4]
References
- "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
- Bandar Rig can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055134" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
- FIELD, H. (1939). CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF IRAN. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series, 29(1), p. 209. from http://www.jstor.org/stable/29782234
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