Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (Persian: بندر امام خمینی)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran.[5] The city also serves as the administrative center for Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni Rural District.
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
Persian: بندرامام خمینی | |
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 Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni petrochemical complex, Musa Bay, Iran | |
  Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni | |
| Coordinates: 30°30′21″N 49°04′27″E / 30.50583°N 49.07417°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Khuzestan |
| County | Mahshahr |
| District | Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 78,353 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Bandar-e Imam Khomeyni is a port city on the Persian Gulf. Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, it was known as Bandar Shahpur. It is named after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The city is home to Petrochimi Bandar Imam basketball club, which plays in the Iranian Super League.
History
editThe port is located at the terminus of the Trans-Iranian Railway linking the Persian Gulf with Tehran and on to the Caspian Sea. It is part of same nautical complex as the port of the adjacent city of Bandar-e Mahshahr. Both ports are accessible through the same channel.
During World War II it consisted only of a jetty, two shipping berths, a railhead and warehouses and a civilian settlement some miles distant.[6] The port was initially in German and Italian hands, but was stormed on August 25, 1941, by a combined British and Indian force supported by the Royal Navy.[7]
A flotilla led by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Kanimbla sailed up the waterways and in the raid captured eight Axis vessels, two gunboats and the floating dock. It was at time that, among others, the German ship Hohenfels fell into British hands and became Empire Kamal.
Thereafter it was administered by the US Army 482nd Port Battalion and served as a critical supply point for Allied military aid for Soviet Russia. The port facilities were also used for merchant and military vessel layup and repair. Three additional berths were built during the war.[6]
Demographics
editPopulation
editAt the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 67,078 in 14,681 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 72,357 people in 18,382 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 78,353 people in 21,810 households.[2]
Port operations
editThe port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni is an Iranian national port operating under the authority of the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organisation.[10] it is the northernmost Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. The Bandar Imam port is a transshipment point for containers, bulk and general cargo, with exclusive access to the facilities held by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL Group). In 2005, the Iranian government proposed direct container shipments between the port and western Europe,[11] but negotiations with shipping lines for dedicated port facilities and access have not concluded.
A dozen kilometres east of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni port is the port of Bandar-e Mahshahr which specialises in exporting oil and petrochemical products of the national companies NIOC and NPC. Both ports are accessible through the same 'Khor Musa' channel, which is 42 miles long and about 20 meters deep.
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni port is connected by rail and road, to the west with Abadan and Khorramshahr and their joint Arvand Free Zone,[12] along the Iran - Iraq border, and to the north to Ahvaz, Teheran and the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus countries.
The port has seven terminals with 40 berths of about 6,500 metres frontage.[13]
| Type | Berths | Depth (m) |
Quay length (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General cargo | 29 | 12 | 3512 |
| Containers | 5 | 11 | 1051 |
| Grain silos | 2 | 12 | 560 |
| Barges | 1 | 6 | 842 |
| Gulf | 1 | 5 | 307 |
| Trans Terminal | 1 | 4 | 75 |
| Iron ore (unloading) | 1 | 15 | 220 |
The terminals have warehouses with a capacity of 171,000 m2 and open storage areas covering 10.9 km2.[13]
Transportation
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See also
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Notes
edit- ^ Also romanized as Bandare Emam Xomeyni; formerly Bandar Shahpur during the Imperial State of Iran, also romanized as Bandar Šâhpur;[3] and formerly Bandar-e Khomeyni (بندر خمینی)[4]
References
edit- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 August 2023). "Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Mahshahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055122" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Moussavi, Mirhossein (21 July 1361). "Changing the name of Bandar-e Khomeyni to Bandar-e Imam Khomeyni". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Habibi, Hassan. "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Khuzestan province, centered in the city of Ahvaz". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Bandar Shahpur (Now Bandar Khomeini) - World War II - Persian Gulf Command". Pars Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ^ Brown, David (2001). The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean, Volume II. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7146-5205-4.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Iranian Ports".
- ^ "Iran port may act as Europe link with Iraq". Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News. Informa Australia. 6 January 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
- ^ "سازمان منطقه آزاد اروند – Arvand Free Zone Organization".
- ^ a b "Port of Bandar Imam Khomeini". Abran Junub Shipping and Commercial Services. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008.