Khvormuj

For the administrative division, see Khvormuj Rural District.

Khvormuj (Persian: خورموج)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Dashti County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5] The narrow river Shur traverses the valley, 7 km to the west of the city.

Khvormuj Persian: خورموج
City
Khalo Hossein Dashti Square in Khvormuj
Khvormuj
Coordinates: 28°39′26″N 51°22′52″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Bushehr
County	Dashti
District	Central
Area
• Total	1,280 km2 (490 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[3]
• Total	60,942
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Persians constitute 95% of the inhabitants, and the majority speaks the Dashti dialect.^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 31,667 in 6,966 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 34,944 people in 8,777 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 40,722 people in 11,537 households.^[3]

See also

• 2013 Bushehr earthquake

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Khūrmūj; also known as Khormoj and Khormūj^[4]