Bandar Lengeh Persian:بندر لنگه | |
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  Bandar Lengeh  Bandar Lengeh | |
| Coordinates:26°33′34″N54°53′06″E / 26.55944°N 54.88500°E /26.55944; 54.88500[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Hormozgan |
| County | Bandar Lengeh |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 30,435 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Bandar Lengeh (Persian:بندرلنگه)[a] is a city in theCentral District ofBandar Lengeh County,Hormozgan province,Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
Bandar Lengeh is a port city on thePersian Gulf, 280 km (170 mi) fromLar, 192 km (119 mi) fromBandar Abbas, and 420 km (260 mi) fromBushehr. The weather in Bandar Lengeh is hot and humid, typical of coastal cities in southern Iran.
Lengeh was a center for trade betweenOman and Iran for over 60 years, from 1759 to 1814. After 1814,Bandar Abbas played a major role in regional trade.
The linguistic composition of the city:[5]
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 25,303 in 5,589 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 30,478 people in 6,735 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 30,435 people in 8,452 households.[2]
Bandar Lengeh has ahot desert climate (Köppen climate classificationBWh) with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls from December to March.
| Climate data for Bandar Lengeh (1991–2020, extremes 1966–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.4 (90.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 43.4 (110.1) | 49.0 (120.2) | 49.0 (120.2) | 47.0 (116.6) | 44.0 (111.2) | 44.4 (111.9) | 42.5 (108.5) | 37.3 (99.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 49.0 (120.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 36.8 (98.2) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.3 (84.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 27.2 (81.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 34.9 (1.37) | 19.0 (0.75) | 26.4 (1.04) | 3.5 (0.14) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0.1 (0.00) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.1 (0.00) | 12.6 (0.50) | 29.4 (1.16) | 127.4 (5.02) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 62.0 | 62.0 | 64.0 | 60.0 | 61.0 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 66.0 | 63.0 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 62.8 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.5 (67.1) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 243.0 | 228.0 | 241.0 | 267.0 | 322.0 | 321.0 | 293.0 | 289.0 | 275.0 | 291.0 | 258.0 | 246.0 | 3,274 |
| Source:NOAA[8][9] | |||||||||||||
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