Yasuj | |
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  Yasuj | |
| Coordinates:30°40′02″N51°34′47″E / 30.66722°N 51.57972°E /30.66722; 51.57972[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad |
| County | Boyer-Ahmad |
| District | Central |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Keyvan Ashna[2] |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 134,532 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Website | www |
Yasuj (Persian:ياسوج;[jɒːˈsuːdʒ]ⓘ)[a] is a city in theCentral District ofBoyer-Ahmad County,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.[5]
Yasuj is an industrial city in theZagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. The termYasuj is also used to refer to the entire region.[6]
Yasuj has a sugar processing plant.[7]
The area of Yasuj had been settled as early as theBronze Age. Findings include the Martyrs Hills (dating from 3rd millennium BC), the Khosravi Hill from theAchaemenian period, the ancient site of Gerd, the Pataveh bridge, and the Pay-e Chol cemetery. Yasuj is the place whereAlexander III of Macedon and hisMacedonian forces stormed thePersian Gates (Darvazeh-ye Fars), and found a way into thePersian heartland (331 BC).[8]
The Yasuj Museum, which opened in 2002, displays coins, statues, pottery, and bronze vessels recovered from surrounding archaeological sites.[9]
In 2023, the city ofMadavan and the villages ofBalahzar,Jadval-e Ghureh-ye Mehrian,Madavan-e Sofla,Mehrian,Sarab-e Taveh,Servak, andTall Khosrow merged with the city of Yasuj.[10]
At the time of the 2006 national census, the city's population was 96,786 in 20,297 households.[11] The following census in 2011 counted 108,505 people in 26,304 households.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,532 people in 34,850 households.[3]
The population of the Central District, in 2016, which includes the city of Yasuj and some suburban villages, is just over 250,000 people.[3]
| Row | City Name | 1976 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2006[11] | 2011[12] | 2016[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuj | 4,524 | 29,991 | 48,957 | 69,133 | 96,786 | 108,505 | 134,532 |
Yasuj has the typical continental-influencedMediterranean climate (KöppenCsa) of western Iran, though because of its location in the direct line of rain-bearing winds from the Persian Gulf it is the wettest Iranian city south of the Alborz Mountains with an annual rainfall nine times that ofIsfahan and twice that ofKermanshah. The heavy precipitation allows the existence of smallglaciers on the highest Zagros peaks – in contrast the Kuhrud Mountains to the east have no glaciers despite being of the same height due to aridity. The long dry season sees only on average 4 millimetres (0.16 in) of rainfall between June and September, with the wet season extending into October, unlike many other Mediterranean climates.
| Climate data for Yasouj (1991-2020, extremes 1987-2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.4 (104.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 33.4 (92.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.0 (95.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 5.1 (41.2) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.7 (30.7) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | −0.8 (30.6) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −13.4 (7.9) | −6.6 (20.1) | −4.1 (24.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 0.0 (32.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | −14.0 (6.8) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 160.1 (6.30) | 134.0 (5.28) | 154.6 (6.09) | 77.9 (3.07) | 17.2 (0.68) | 1.0 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.04) | 2.6 (0.10) | 0.9 (0.04) | 14.2 (0.56) | 97.2 (3.83) | 156.0 (6.14) | 816.8 (32.16) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.4 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 50.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 64 | 59 | 52 | 49 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 52 | 59 | 42.2 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.2 (26.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | −0.3 (31.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.5 (31.2) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 194 | 192 | 228 | 241 | 315 | 356 | 339 | 334 | 313 | 285 | 214 | 205 | 3,216 |
| Source:NCEI[13] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Yasouj (1987-2010, extremes 1987-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.4 (104.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 33.4 (92.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 40.4 (104.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 35.3 (95.5) | 34.8 (94.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 22.6 (72.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.9 (37.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.4 (47.1) | 3.5 (38.3) | -0.0 (32.0) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −13.4 (7.9) | −6.6 (20.1) | −4.1 (24.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 0.0 (32.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | −14.0 (6.8) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 170.4 (6.71) | 150.3 (5.92) | 151.6 (5.97) | 69.9 (2.75) | 14.2 (0.56) | 0.9 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.04) | 2.4 (0.09) | 1.0 (0.04) | 11.2 (0.44) | 68.2 (2.69) | 182.1 (7.17) | 823.3 (32.42) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.2 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 52.7 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 14.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 71 | 63 | 55 | 51 | 37 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 52 | 64 | 45 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.2 (26.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | 1.5 (34.7) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | −0.3 (31.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | −3.1 (26.4) | −0.5 (31.2) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 183.9 | 189.2 | 212.7 | 240.2 | 320.6 | 358.5 | 343.5 | 329.7 | 314.2 | 286.1 | 218.9 | 193.3 | 3,190.8 |
| Source 1: IRIMO[14] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:NCEI(dew point and extremes for 1991-2020)[13] | |||||||||||||
The economy of Yasuj is based on the following local activities:
By 2014 a new refinery will be constructed by the private sector, at a cost of $2.2 billion. It will produce petrol, gasoil, kerosene, furnace oil, liquefied gas, asphalt, and sulfur.[15]
یاسوج شهر بزرگان
WMO number: 40836
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