Jam, Iran

Jam (Persian: جم‎; also Romanized as Jamm; also known as Jām-e Jam)[2] is a city in and capital of Jam County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,809, in 2,734 families.[3]

For other places with the same name, see Jam, Iran (disambiguation).
Jam

جم
City
Jam
Coordinates: 27°49′40″N 52°19′37″E
Country Iran
ProvinceBushehr
CountyJam
BakhshCentral
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total31,436 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

It has an airport close to the city and has recently seen a boom as large growth in population and construction work for the petrochemical industry due to the oil boom and the relatively close PSEEZ (Pars Special Energy Economic Zone). Many people in Bahrain have ancestors from most people from Jam are Shia Muslim and they speak a special dialect of Persian, known as Ajmi.

Sports

Jam's main sport team is Pars Jonubi Jam football club who used to play in the Azadegan League and now in Persian Gulf Pro League, Iranian Premier League.

References
  1. https://www.amar.org.ir/english
  2. Jam, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3067617" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
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