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Bushehr (Booshehr) Province (استان بوشهر) is in the south of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. Its center is Bandar-e-Bushehr, the provincial capital. Marco Polo describes this region as part of the Persian province of Shabankareh.

 
The Portuguese, invaded the city of Bushehr in 1506 and remained there until Shah Abbas Safavi successfully defeated and liberated the Persian Gulf region of their presence.

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Bushehr was selected by Nadir to be the central base of Nadir’s Naval fleet in the Persian Gulf. After Nadir’s death, the Dutch continued to have good commercial relations in Bushehr, until the British made their debut in Bushehr in 1763 by a contract they signed with Karim Khan of the Zand dynasty. By then, the city of Bushehr had become Iran’s major port city in the Persian Gulf. By the Qajar era, Britain, Norway, Russia, Italy, France, Germany, and the Ottomans had diplomatic and commercial offices there.

Bushehr Province has nine counties: Bushehr, Dashtestan, Dashti, Dayyer, Deylam, Jam, Kangan, Ganaveh and Tangestan

Bushehr is the second main naval port of Iran after Bandar Abbas. Its important has three main reasons:

Kharg Island (Khark Island)
During the Iran-Iraq war, Iran’s major petroleum exporting ports in Khuzestan sustained damages so severe that a second port in Kharg Island was selected to carry on the major responsibility of Iran’s petroleum exports, though even Kharg was not immune from Iraqi air raids.

Jofreh pier - Photo by EhsanD

Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
The Bushehr Light water PWR Nuclear Reactor, designed by Siemens AG, built by the Russians, is Iran’s first Nuclear Power Plant reactor.

Asalouyeh, South Pars - Photo by Bijan1351

The industrial corridor of Assalouyeh
As many as 70,000 foreign engineers and technicians are currently working in this industrial zone 270 kilometers south of the provincial capital. This zone is where the nearby famous South Pars Gas field is located, where Iran has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure. The South Pars Gas field is the world’s largest natural gas field.

Nasori Castle - Photo by saman.65

Ancient Wells - Photo by Bijan1351

Bushehr's Fish Market - Photo by visual

The ruins of mosque in Siraf - Photo by Bijan1351

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