Bandar-e Deyr ( fa, بَندر دَیِّر; also

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d as Bandar-e Deyyer; also known as Deyyer, Daiyir, Dayer and Qal’eh Dīr) is a city in the Central District of

Deyr County Deyr County, also Dayyer County ( fa, شهرستان دَیِّر) is located in Bushehr province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar-e Deyr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 48,488, in 10,036 households. Retrieved 6 Novem ...

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 Antioc ...

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 Turkmeni ...

, and serves as capital of the county. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,117 in 2,690 households. The following census in 2011 counted 11,963 people in 3,394 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 13,659 people in 4,105 households. Bandar-e Deyr was a prominent commercial port in the Persian Gulf, and the Jewish settlers were dominating the local market

Jewish community

Some historians believe that Dandar Deyr during the 13th century was exclusively inhabited by Jews, in the 19th century Lorimer stated that the population is about 5500 souls, including some Jews. and the Jewish community during the 19th century has an estimated population of 20 to 50 family.David Yeroushalmi. The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth century. Brill. Leiden, The Netherlands. (2009). P74

References

Deyr County Cities in Bushehr Province Populated places in Bushehr Province Populated places in Deyr County {{Deyr-geo-stub