Jam County can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9206092" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
After the 2006 National Census, two villages merged to form the city of Anarestan.[4] After the 2016 census, the village of Baharestan was elevated to the status of a city.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,999 in 8,412 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 51,446 people in 13,748 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 70,051 in 19,997 households.[2]
Administrative divisions
Jam County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
The fast-growing city of Jam, has a relatively moderate, wetter climate, and is home to workers at the nearby, but a very hot and dry, Kangan industrial complex. Jam is growing exponentially and affluently. Most of the workers in the city, and the farms and gardens around the city, are Afghan migrant workers.[citation needed]
^The older name, Cham (meaning "brook"), is still preserved for various locales around the city, but completely replaced by the new, more "meaningful" modern Persian name.[citation needed]
^Aref, Mohammad Reza (c. 2024) [Approval 27 November 1381]. Approval of divisional reforms in Bushehr province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council. Notification 56763-27853. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
