Deyr County

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'''Deyr County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان دَیِّر}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Dayyer County'''}} is in Bushehr province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar-e Deyr.<ref name="Bushehr Province Structure"> {{cite web |first=Hassan |last=Habibi |author-link=Hassan Habibi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=12 September 1990  |script-title=fa:‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان بوشهر به مرکزیت شهر بوشهر |trans-title=‌Approval of the organization and the hierarchy of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bushehr province with the city of Bushehr as its capital |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612170843/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116966 |archive-date=12 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 51E6AB17-6790-42EF-804B-D38845E50FAD. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 69, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 3.}}</ref>

==Etymology== According to some historians Deyr was named after a Jewish synagogue located in the heart of Deyr.<ref>جعفر حميدي، فرهنگنامه بوشهر، وزارت فرهنگ وارشاد اسلامی‌، طهران، 1380ش، مادة "دير". رحيم جمالي، شناسنامه شهرهاى استان بوشهر، قلم آشنا، طهران، 1381ش، ص191</ref> The word Dyer is probably derived from the Hebraic word (דייר) which means resident.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

==History== The village of Bardestan was converted to a city in 2010.<ref name="Bardestan City"> {{cite web |first=Mohammad Reza |last=Rahimi |author-link=Mohammad Reza Rahimi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1389/09/28 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=19 December 2010  |script-title=fa:تصویب نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای بردستان از توابع دهستان حومه بخش مرکزی شهرستان دیر در استان بوشهر به شهر |trans-title=‌Approval letter on transforming Bardestan village from Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Deyr County in Bushehr province into a city |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/794455 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614184706/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/794455 |archive-date=14 June 2025 |access-date=14 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ابلاغیه 245370/ت45009ک}} [Notification Number 245370/T45009K].}}</ref> In 2012, the village of Dowrahak rose to city status as well.<ref name="Abad, Baduleh, Bushkan, and Dowrahak Cities"> {{cite web |first=Mohammad Reza |last=Rahimi |author-link=Mohammad Reza Rahimi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1391/06/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=19 September 2012  |script-title=fa:تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان بوشهر |trans-title=‌Approval regarding national divisions in Bushehr province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/825202 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201195518/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/825202 |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=13 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|ابلاغیه}} [Notification] 186614/T47127K}}</ref> In 2013, Owli Rural District was created in the Central District, and Abdan Rural District and the city of Abdan were separated from it in the formation of Abdan District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Sar Mastan Rural District.<ref name="Abdan District Formation"> {{cite web |first=Mohammad Reza |last=Rahimi |author-link=Mohammad Reza Rahimi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 05/09/1392 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=26 November 2013  |script-title=fa:اصلاحات تقسيماتي در استان بوشهر |trans-title=‌Divisional reforms in Bushehr province |url=http://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/205574 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112094557/http://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/205574 |archive-date=12 November 2021 |access-date=14 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات}} [National System of Laws and Regulations] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|پيشنهاد شماره ۷۱۱۷۵/ ۴۲/ ۴/ ۱}} [Proposal Number 71175/42/4/1].}}</ref> ==Demographics== ===Language and ethnicity=== Some historians believe that Deyr County was exclusively inhabited by Jews, but over the years Muslims settled in the county, and a large proportion of Deyr county's Jews converted to Islam during the Safavid dynasty. The population nowadays is Muslim; the Jewish inhabitants left the county in 1979. Persians and Arabs are the major ethnicities in Deyr. Its citizens speak various forms of Persian languages, including Persian and the local Deyr dialect.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 48,488 in 10,036 households.<ref name="2006 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093422/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 52,523 people in 12,779 households.<ref name="2011 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website=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 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 60,612 in 16,403 households.<ref name="2016 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212745/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx |archive-date=3 August 2017 |format=Excel |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

Deyr County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Deyr County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Bushehr Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Bushehr Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Bushehr Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''39,119''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''42,765''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''40,970''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abdan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,668 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,698 || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howmeh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 12,939 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,621 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,963 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Owli RD || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 1,960 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abdan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,058 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,211 || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bandar-e Deyr (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 18,454 || style="text-align: right;"| 20,157 || style="text-align: right;"| 24,083 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bardestan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 6,078 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,112 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dowrahak (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 4,852 |- | '''Abdan District''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,529''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abdan RD || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 954 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sar Mastan RD || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 748 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abdan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 6,827 |- | '''Bord Khun District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,369''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,758''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,113''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abkosh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,954 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,222 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,352 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bord Khun RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,115 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,160 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,428 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bord Khun (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 4,300 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,376 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,333 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''48,488''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''52,523''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''60,612''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

==Overview== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2023}} ===Location=== Deyr county is one of the ten counties of Bushehr province. It has an area of 4000 km<sup>2</sup>. Deyr County is bounded by the Persian Gulf to the west and south; Tangestan County and Dashti County to the north; and Kangan County and Jam County to the east.

The highest point in the county is Mount Drang at 1,223 m. Natural gas is extracted in the county. Wheat, tomatoes, corn, and other grains are grown. There is a local fishing industry.

The county includes three small towns and four villages, and several small islands such as Khan island (area, 800 hectares) and Nakhilu Island (area, 75 hectares).

===Climate and water=== Deyr County has a climate that is mostly arid or semiarid. It has a very hot and humid summer, with temperatures increasing to 47 °C on occasion. Mond River is the only river in Deyr county, and there is plenty of spring water.

===Flora and fauna=== Deyr county has various mammal and bird species, such as camels, deer, foxes, rabbits, owls, hawks and flamingos, and caracals, striped hyenas, wolves and jackals rarely can be seen. Mond natural reservation has an area of 464 km<sup>2</sup>, conserving local animals and plants.

==In literature== Lorimer in his famous work, ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf'', wrote that Deyr consists partly of stone houses and partly of huts, and is protected by a fort with towers. The population was about 5,500 people, including some Al-Nasur, some Bahrainis, and some Jews, but the bulk of the people claim to have come originally from Kufah.<ref>Lorimer. ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf Oman and Central Arabia''. Government Printing, Calcutta, (1908). V2 p361-362</ref>

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