Central District (Jam County)

{{Short description|District in Bushehr province, Iran}}

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The Central District of Jam County ({{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان جم}}) is in Bushehr province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Jam.{{cite report|title=Approval of divisional reforms in Bushehr province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122889|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426105409/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122889|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=26 April 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approval 27 November 1381|access-date=26 April 2024|id=Notification 56763-27853}}

History

The village of Baharestan was elevated to the status of a city in 2019.{{cite report|title=Resolution regarding national divisions in Bushehr province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-دوم-اسفند/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324193617/https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-دوم-اسفند/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=24 March 2023|orig-date=Approved 8 December 1397|id=Proposal 30922; Notification 164935/T55509AH|date=7 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2025}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 28,535 in 6,315 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Bushehr Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093422/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 40,428 people in 10,995 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Bushehr Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403085236/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls |archive-date=3 April 2023| access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 57,037 inhabitants living in 16,373 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Bushehr Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212745/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=3 August 2017}}

=Administrative divisions=

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|+ Central District (Jam County) Population

Administrative Divisions200620112016
Jam RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 14,417style="text-align: right;"| 20,426style="text-align: right;"| 21,089
Kuri RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 3,309style="text-align: right;"| 3,689style="text-align: right;"| 4,512
Baharestan (city){{efn|Formerly known as Do Lengeh{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding changing the name of the village Ahsham-e Kohneh from the functions of Deyr County to the village of Sajadiyeh and the name of the village of Do Lengeh from the functions of Jam County to the village of Baharestan|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135603|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109071135/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135603|date=19 January 2014|orig-date=Approved 9 October 1387|archive-date=9 January 2016|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|access-date=1 December 2023|id=Notification 182492/T40222K}}}}{{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
Jam (city)style="text-align: right;"| 10,809style="text-align: right;"| 16,313style="text-align: right;"| 31,436
Totalstyle="text-align: right;"| 28,535style="text-align: right;"| 40,428style="text-align: right;"| 57,037
colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}}

See also

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Category:Districts of Bushehr province

Category:Populated places in Jam County

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