Abdan

For the administrative divisions, see Abdan District and Abdan Rural District. For the city in Khuzestan province, see Abadan. For other places with a similar name, see Abadan. For the rabbi, see Abba Yudan.

Abdan (Persian: آبدان)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Abdan District in Deyr County, Bushehr province, Iran.^[6] It also serves as the administrative center for Abdan Rural District.^[7] The village of Abdan was converted to a city in 2000.^[3]

Abdan Persian: آبدان
City
Abdan
Coordinates: 28°04′46″N 51°46′10″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Bushehr
County	Deyr
District	Abdan
Established as a city	2000[3]
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	6,827
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language

Linguistic composition of the city consists of Persian dialects Bardesuni and Koroshi.^[8]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,058 in 1,224 households, when it was in the Central District.^[9] The following census in 2011 counted 6,211 people in 1,477 households.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,827 people in 1,819 households,^[4] by which time the city had been separated from the district in the formation of Abdan District.^[6]

Notable people

Iranian cleric Abdullah Hajiani [fa] is from here.

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ābdān; also known as Abdoon, Ābdūn, and Au Dan^[5]