Bandar-e Dayyer () is a city in the Central District of Deyr County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Bandar-e Deyr was a prominent commercial port in the Persian Gulf,Ahmed Eqtedari, Asar Shahrhay Bastani Sawahel Wa Jazaier Khaleej Fars, 2nd Edition, Entsharat Rawayat Publication, Tehran, page 262 and the Jewish settlers were dominating the local marketAbdullah Darvishi, Yahoudian Bandar Deyr, 1375
Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 18,454 in 3,882 households. The following census in 2011 counted 20,157 people in 4,890 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,083 people in 6,680 households.
Jewish community Some historians believe that Bandar-e Dayyer during the 13th century was exclusively inhabited by Jews.هارون وهومن، زندان فراموشي، شركت كتاب، لوس آنجلس، 2007، ص46 In the 19th century Lorimer stated that the population is about 5,500 souls, including some Jews.Lorimer. Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf Oman & Central Arabia. Government Printing, Calcutta, (1908). V2 p361-362 The Jewish community during the 19th century had an estimated population of 20 to 50 families.David Yeroushalmi. The Jews of Iran in the Nineteenth century. Brill. Leiden, The Netherlands. (2009). P74
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