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Bandar-e Bushehr

The port of Bushehr is located in 28,58 N and 50,50 E in the north end of a peninsula on the coast of the Persian Gulf. This peninsula is 14 Km long. The depth of water is near to 7m in the external anchorage leading to internal anchorage by the external channel 9200m in length and from the internal anchorage to Khor Soltani, Bushehr berth and then to Khor Booder by the internal channel 3900m in length. The channel is 140m in average width.

Bushehr port has a semi-tropical climate with very hot and humid Summer and temperate Winter. The seasonal South Western winds blow on Bushehr sea from the beginning of June to the end of October but they rarely reach the harbor. The seasonal North Eastern winds blow on Bushehr sea and sometimes very strongly on the land from the end of December to the beginning of May.

The power of North Wind usually reaches to 6 in Beaufort scale, but it may rarely border on 8. The average power of Wind in Winter is 4 in Beaufort scale. The temperature range during summer is +35 to +40 degrees centigrade, whereas it mat border on +2 degrees centigrade in Winter. The humidity range during Winter is %40 to %80 and %30 to %99 in Summer.

The ebb and tide in Bushehr port is diurnal. The tidal range differs from 1 m to 1.6 m. The highest tide may reach to 2 m and the lowest ebb may border on .7 m. The speed of water current in the internal channel and Khore Soltani may reach to 2-3 knots in ebb and flow conditions The maximum height of the wave in the external anchorage is almost 1.5 m and .6 in the internal anchorage.

The port of Bushehr is one of the most accessible ports of the country to airport with only 5 Km distance. The international airport of Bushehr is provided with domestic flights to Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Kish, Kharg and international flights to Dubi and Jaddeh. The shipbuilding yards, located near the port, are capable of repairing vessels of any kind up to 2500 tons onshore and building offshore constructs. Iran -Sadra Company has up to now built some huge oil platforms belonged to Southern Pars Area.

The city of Bushehr also houses a large nuclear reactor and a large air base. Iran's Bandar-e Bushehr naval facility is located on the Persian Gulf. It is one of the Iranian Navy's most important repair facility and is also home to large storage facilities. Bushehr is home to a branch of the Iran Navy Technical Supply Center and is home to various research and development programs. Bushehr is also a common staging ground for naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf.

Bushehr Province has a 943-kilometer long coastal strip in the north of the Persian Gulf and is considered as a major fishing and commercial area in the south of the country. The province is limited to the north of Khuzestan province and part of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province, south to the Persian Gulf and part of Hormozgan province, to the east and north-east to Fars province, and to the west and south to the Persian Gulf.

From the military point of view, Bushehr is an important region. The existence of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Fajr Jam gas refinery and Asalouyeh gas and petrochemical refinery have added to the importance of this province. Bushehr province borders on the Persian Gulf along the coastal strip that starts from King Abdullah Dilam and ends in the Gulf of Naiband, all of which are listed along the coastal strip, including the Kharq Island, Kharq and Farsi, and their coastal waters, in the province's blue waters. Therefore, the implementation of development projects in this port and the establishment of port complexes is considered as a kind of development and development of the country.