Angali Rural District
Angali Rural District
Persian: دهستان انگالي | |
|---|---|
Angali Rural District | |
| Coordinates: 29°11′N 50°48′E / 29.183°N 50.800°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Bushehr |
| County | Bushehr |
| District | Central |
| Established | 1986[2] |
| Capital | Koreh Band |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 2,209 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Angali Rural District (Persian: دهستان انگالي)[4] is in the Central District of Bushehr County, Bushehr province, Iran.[5] Its capital is the village of Koreh Band.[2]
Demographics
Religion
The Angali people are Shi’ite Muslims, believing in the Twelve Imams. They are faithful believers, and, except for children and some of the youth before the legal age of eighteen, they all observe their religious rituals: three times of prayers during the day, annual fasting, etc.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 2,636 in 557 households.[6] There were 2,301 inhabitants in 601 households at the following census of 2011.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,209 in 653 households. The most populous of its 25 villages was Koreh Band, with 1,203 people.[3]
Other villages in the rural district
Overview
The district is located near the coast of the Persian Gulf, some 55 kilometers to the north of the city of Bushehr, the capital city of Bushehr province, in the southwest of Iran. It is enclosed between the Rūhelle (local for Rud Haleh, Haleh River) and the Shabankareh District on the north, Rudhaleh Rural District on the west, the Bushehr harbor on the south, and Dashtestan County to the east.
At one time it was under the jurisdiction of the governor of the Persian Gulf Ports. In conjunction with Bushehr, this province was later developed into the province of Bushehr and Banader (Bushehr and the Ports). Angali was formerly a part of Dashtestan County and later was separated from it for administrative purposes.
Although historically Angali has always been one of the important and strategic centers of political activity (partly due to the conflict between the local khāns (chieftains’) and the central government, over matters such as independence and firearms control, etc.), Angali was never registered on maps of Iran. Even in the most current maps only occasionally it is included.
One of the main reasons is rooted in the strategy of the Pahlavi regime (under Reza Shah, as well as his son and successor Mohammad-Reza, a.k.a. the Shah) who kept the regional powers (that is, the khāns, kalāntars, and their tribes and tribesmen) in low profile, in order to prevent any possible encouragement for others, who might follow their foot steps in dealing with the central government. In fact, Lorimer attests that, "the men of Angāli are described as brave and hard working."[8] It is not infrequent in the history of Iran that the central governments fear these "brave and hard working" local men.
See also
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 June 2025). "Angali Rural District (Bushehr County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2023) [Approved 18 August 1365]. Creation and formation of two rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bushehr County under Bushehr province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 7147.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
- ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Bushehr Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ See Angali, Koorosh, The Angāli Dialect, dissertation, UC Berkeley, CA, 2004.
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [1369/06/21 : تاریخ تصویب [Approval date: 1369/06/21] (Iranian [Jalali] calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان بوشهر به مرکزیت شهر بوشهر [Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Bushehr province centered on Bushehr city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. 82824T138K : شماره ابلاغیه [Notification 82824T138K]. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Bushehr Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Bushehr Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
- ^ Lorimer, John Gordon. The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908.