Mehran Persian:مهران | |
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City | |
  Mehran  Mehran | |
| Coordinates:33°07′15″N46°09′51″E / 33.12083°N 46.16417°E /33.12083; 46.16417[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Ilam |
| County | Mehran |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 17,435 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Mehran (Persian:مهران)[a] is a city in theCentral District ofMehran County,Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
Mehran is nearIran's western border withIraq. Because of its strategic proximity (only two hours' drive fromBaghdad) the city has played a continuing role in dealings between Iran and Iraq.
In May 1981, during theIran–Iraq War, in theBattle of Mehran, Iraqi forces captured Mehran, on the western plain of theZagros Mountains and pushed eastward to the mountain base.[5] Along with other Iraqi forces, they had been driven out by 1982-83.
All the people of this city areKurds and most of them are fromMalekshahi and Shohan tribes.[6] The city is mostly populated byKurds with a small Shohani minority.[7]
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,118 in 2,958 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 14,920 people in 3,745 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,435 people in 5,019 households.[2]
Mehran has ahot semi-arid climate (KöppenBSh).
| Climate data for Mehran | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 29.4 (84.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 43.8 (110.8) | 46.1 (115.0) | 46.6 (115.9) | 43.0 (109.4) | 33.3 (91.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 31.2 (88.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 35.4 (95.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.0 (53.6) | 24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.7 (85.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 52 (2.0) | 39 (1.5) | 38 (1.5) | 24 (0.9) | 6 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (0.4) | 42 (1.7) | 46 (1.8) | 256 (10) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 64 | 58 | 37 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 46 | 60 | 32 |
| Source:https://en.climate-data.org/asia/iran/ilam/mehran-50574/ | |||||||||||||
In December 2022 Mehran border market accounts for 23 percent of Iran' total exports to Iraq.[10]
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