Bandar_Deylam
Bandar Deylam
City in Bushehr province, Iran
Bandar Deylam (Persian: بندر ديلم)[lower-alpha 1] is a port city in the Central District of Deylam County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
Per the 2006 census, its population was 19,829 in 4,426 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 22,393 people in 5,603 households.[6] The census in 2016 showed a population of 25,730 people in 7,359 households.[2]
On 16 February 2005 a large explosion was reported close to the site of a newly built nuclear power plant. Iranian officials later announced that the explosion was caused by construction work on a dam at Kowsar, near Deylam.[citation needed]