Jam County
{{Short description|County in Bushehr province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Torbat-e Jam County}}{{for multi|the administrative division of this county|Jam Rural District|the city|Jam, Iran{{!}}Jam|other places with a similar name|Jam (disambiguation){{!}}Jam}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Jam County
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان جم}}
|settlement_type = County
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|subdivision_name1 = Bushehr
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Jam
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Jam County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان جم}}){{efn|The older name, Cham (meaning "brook"), is still preserved for various locales around the city, but completely replaced by the new, more "meaningful" modern Persian name.{{cn|date=April 2024}}}} 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
Two villages merged to form the city of Anarestan in 2009,{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the merger of Anarestan and Golestan villages from Anarestan Rural District of Jam County in Bushehr province to the city of Anarestan|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/136230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201205800/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/136230|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 26 July 1388|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=1 December 2023|access-date=1 December 2023|id=Notification 147994/T41299K}} and 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 county's population was 37,999 in 8,412 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 51,446 people in 13,748 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 county as 70,051 in 19,997 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=
Jam County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Jam County Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 28,535 | style="text-align: right;"| 40,428 | style="text-align: right;"| 57,037 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Jam RD | style="text-align: right;"| 14,417 | style="text-align: right;"| 20,426 | style="text-align: right;"| 21,089 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kuri RD | style="text-align: right;"| 3,309 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,689 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,512 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | 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;"| |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Jam (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 10,809 | style="text-align: right;"| 16,313 | style="text-align: right;"| 31,436 |
| Riz District | style="text-align: right;"| 9,464 | style="text-align: right;"| 11,018 | style="text-align: right;"| 12,973 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Anarestan RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,891 | style="text-align: right;"| 616 | style="text-align: right;"| 666 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Riz RD | style="text-align: right;"| 1,422 | style="text-align: right;"| 1,562 | style="text-align: right;"| 1,594 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Tashan RD | style="text-align: right;"| 3,349 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,700 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,031 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Anarestan (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 2,735 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,400 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Riz (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 1,802 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,405 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,282 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 37,999 | style="text-align: right;"| 51,446 | style="text-align: right;"| 70,051 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
Overview
The fast-growing city of Jam has a relatively moderate, wet climate, and is home to workers at the nearby, but very hot and dry, Kangan industrial complex. Jam is growing exponentially and affluently. Most of the workers in the city, and on the farms and gardens around the city, are Afghan migrant workers.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
See also
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