Tangestan County ( fa, شهرستان تنگستان) is located in
Bushehr
Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antio ...
province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkme ...
. The capital of the county is
Ahram. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 63,276, in 14,620 households.
[ Retrieved 6 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 70,282 people, in 18,268 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 76,706, in 22,080 households.
The Tangestan region in southern Iran is well-known for its resistance to the invasion by British forces in the late 19th century. Tangestan County is the home of the group of people known as Tangesier.
Rais Ali Delvari
Rais-Ali Delvari ( fa, رئیسعلی دلواری) was an Iranian military leader. He is remembered as a national hero in Iran who organized popular resistance against British forces which had invaded Iran in 1915.
Rais Ali, son of Rais Mohammad ...
, the commander of Tangesier fighters, is known as a national hero in the region. Tangestan is also famous in Iran for its high-quality dates.
Administrative divisions
References
External links
* http://www.itto.org/tourismattractions/?sight=2162
* http://tajikam.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7957
Counties of Bushehr Province
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