Dogonbadan Persian:دوگنبدان | |
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 Panorama of Dogonbadan (Gachsaran) city | |
  Dogonbadan | |
| Coordinates:30°21′36″N50°47′02″E / 30.36000°N 50.78389°E /30.36000; 50.78389[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad |
| County | Gachsaran |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 96,728 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Dogonbadan (Persian:دوگنبدان;Persian pronunciation:[dɔəgɔənbadɒːn])[a] is a city in theCentral District ofGachsaran County,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province,Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 81,902 in 18,264 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 91,739 people in 23,254 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 96,728 people in 26,770 households.[2]
Dogonbadan has ahot semi-arid climate (KöppenBSh) bordering on a hot-summerMediterranean climate (Csa). Dogonbadan’s proximity to the hot Persian Gulf makes its climate closer toMesopotamia or coastal cities likeBushehr than to most of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. The city features sweltering and arid summers contrasting with pleasant and fairly wet winters.
| Climate data for Dogonbadan (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.5 (85.1) | 36.8 (98.2) | 38.8 (101.8) | 44.6 (112.3) | 47.6 (117.7) | 48.6 (119.5) | 48.8 (119.8) | 45.6 (114.1) | 41.9 (107.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 48.8 (119.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 36.1 (97.0) | 41.1 (106.0) | 42.6 (108.7) | 42.4 (108.3) | 39.0 (102.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 30.4 (86.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 30.7 (87.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 23.1 (73.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −2.9 (26.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | −9.0 (15.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 102.1 (4.02) | 55.6 (2.19) | 62.9 (2.48) | 26.1 (1.03) | 5.7 (0.22) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0.2 (0.01) | 3.9 (0.15) | 1.6 (0.06) | 8.1 (0.32) | 74.2 (2.92) | 101.8 (4.01) | 442.5 (17.42) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 33.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 68.0 | 61.0 | 52.0 | 41.0 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 30.0 | 51.0 | 65.0 | 39.3 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.5 (38.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.1 (41.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 4.7 (40.5) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 194.0 | 194.0 | 231.0 | 242.0 | 313.0 | 351.0 | 338.0 | 334.0 | 311.0 | 289.0 | 218.0 | 207.0 | 3,222 |
| Source:NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Dogonbadan is an oil- and gas-producing city that has just started to expand and profits from its industrial capacity. The city has the largestgas reserves in Iran as well as the largest recoverable oil field in Iran and the third largest in the world.[8]
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