Bandar Rig

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Bandar Rig
بندرريگ
City
Bandar Rig is located in Iran
Bandar Rig
Bandar Rig
Coordinates: 29°29′09″N 50°37′42″E / 29.48583°N 50.62833°E / 29.48583; 50.62833Coordinates: 29°29′09″N 50°37′42″E / 29.48583°N 50.62833°E / 29.48583; 50.62833
Country Iran
ProvinceBushehr
CountyGanaveh
BakhshRig
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total6,252 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

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]

According to a 1939 publication of the anthropologist Henry Field, 12,000 Circassians lived in Bandar Rig.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. ^ 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".
  3. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  4. ^ 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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