Yasuj

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City in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran

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::summary City in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Yasuj
native_name	fa
یاسووج / luz
settlement_type	City
image_skyline	Yasuj Homan Baqerpour.jpg
image_caption	Panoramic
pushpin_map	Iran
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Iran
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Boyer-Ahmad
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Central
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Keyvan Ashna
population_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
population_total	134532
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	IRST
utc_offset	+3:30
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
website
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Yasuj (; ) is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

Yasuj is an industrial city in the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. The term Yasuj is also used to refer to the entire region.

Yasuj has a sugar processing plant.

History

The area of Yasuj had been settled as early as the Bronze Age. Findings include the Martyrs Hills (dating from 3rd millennium BC), the Khosravi Hill from the Achaemenian period, the ancient site of Gerd, the Pataveh bridge, and the Pay-e Chol cemetery. Yasuj is the place where Alexander III of Macedon and his Macedonian forces stormed the Persian Gates (Darvazeh-ye Fars), and found a way into the Persian heartland (331 BC).

The Yasuj Museum, which opened in 2002, displays coins, statues, pottery, and bronze vessels recovered from surrounding archaeological sites.

In 2023, the city of Madavan and the villages of Balahzar, Jadval-e Ghureh-ye Mehrian, Madavan-e Sofla, Mehrian, Sarab-e Taveh, Servak, and Tall Khosrow merged with the city of Yasuj.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 national census, the city's population was 96,786 in 20,297 households. The following census in 2011 counted 108,505 people in 26,304 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,532 people in 34,850 households.

The population of the Central District, in 2016, which includes the city of Yasuj and some suburban villages, is just over 250,000 people. ::data[format=table title="Yasuj Census"]

Row	City Name	1976	1986	1991	1996	2006	2011	2016
1	Yasuj	4,524	29,991	48,957	69,133	96,786	108,505	134,532
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Climate

Yasuj has the typical continental-influenced Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) 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 of Isfahan and twice that of Kermanshah. The heavy precipitation allows the existence of small glaciers 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 mm of rainfall between June and September, with the wet season extending into October, unlike many other Mediterranean climates. |width = auto |location = Yasouj (1991-2020, extremes 1987-2020) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 21.0 |Feb record high C = 25.0 |Mar record high C = 28.2 |Apr record high C = 29.6 |May record high C = 36.0 |Jun record high C = 39.6 |Jul record high C = 40.4 |Aug record high C = 39.6 |Sep record high C = 36.8 |Oct record high C = 33.4 |Nov record high C = 26.4 |Dec record high C = 23.0 | Jan high C = 9.4 | Feb high C = 11.7 | Mar high C = 15.7 | Apr high C = 20.8 | May high C = 27.2 | Jun high C = 33.2 | Jul high C = 35.6 | Aug high C = 35.0 | Sep high C = 31.3 | Oct high C = 25.1 | Nov high C = 17.0 | Dec high C = 12.3 | year high C = 22.9 | Jan mean C = 2.9 | Feb mean C = 5.1 | Mar mean C = 8.9 | Apr mean C = 13.7 | May mean C = 19.1 | Jun mean C = 24.3 | Jul mean C = 27.0 | Aug mean C = 26.1 | Sep mean C = 21.9 | Oct mean C = 16.2 | Nov mean C = 9.3 | Dec mean C = 5.1 | year mean C = 15.0 | Jan low C = -2.5 | Feb low C = -0.7 | Mar low C = 2.3 | Apr low C = 6.4 | May low C = 10.1 | Jun low C = 14.1 | Jul low C = 17.6 | Aug low C = 16.5 | Sep low C = 12.4 | Oct low C = 7.7 | Nov low C = 2.7 | Dec low C = -0.8 | year low C = 7.2 |Jan record low C = -19.8 |Feb record low C = -13.4 |Mar record low C = -6.6 |Apr record low C = -4.1 |May record low C = 2.2 |Jun record low C = 7.4 |Jul record low C = 11.5 |Aug record low C = 11.4 |Sep record low C = 5.7 |Oct record low C = 0.0 |Nov record low C = -5.6 |Dec record low C = -14.0 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 160.1 | Feb precipitation mm = 134.0 | Mar precipitation mm = 154.6 | Apr precipitation mm = 77.9 | May precipitation mm = 17.2 | Jun precipitation mm = 1.0 | Jul precipitation mm = 1.1 | Aug precipitation mm = 2.6 | Sep precipitation mm = 0.9 | Oct precipitation mm = 14.2 | Nov precipitation mm = 97.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 156.0 | year precipitation mm = 816.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 9.4 | Feb precipitation days = 8.6 | Mar precipitation days = 8.2 | Apr precipitation days = 6.7 | May precipitation days = 1.9 | Jun precipitation days = 0.2 | Jul precipitation days = 0.3 | Aug precipitation days = 0.5 | Sep precipitation days = 0.1 | Oct precipitation days = 1.5 | Nov precipitation days = 5.7 | Dec precipitation days = 7.4 | year precipitation days = 50.5 |Jan humidity = 64 |Feb humidity = 59 |Mar humidity = 52 |Apr humidity = 49 |May humidity = 36 |Jun humidity = 24 |Jul humidity = 25 |Aug humidity = 25 |Sep humidity = 26 |Oct humidity = 35 |Nov humidity = 52 |Dec humidity = 59 |year humidity = 42.2 | Jan dew point C =-3.8 | Feb dew point C =-3.2 | Mar dew point C =-2.0 | Apr dew point C =1.7 | May dew point C =1.5 | Jun dew point C =0.3 | Jul dew point C =3.5 | Aug dew point C =2.7 | Sep dew point C =-0.3 | Oct dew point C =-1.3 | Nov dew point C =-1.6 | Dec dew point C =-3.1 | Jan sun = 194 | Feb sun = 192 | Mar sun = 228 | Apr sun = 241 | May sun = 315 | Jun sun = 356 | Jul sun = 339 | Aug sun = 334 | Sep sun = 313 | Oct sun = 285 | Nov sun = 214 | Dec sun = 205 | year sun = 3216 |source 1 = NCEI}}

Economy

The economy of Yasuj is based on the following local activities:

baskets
carpets/rugs
mosaic tiles
bricks
livestock feed

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.

Education

Notes

یاسوج شهر بزرگان

References

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Taylor & Francis Group. (2003). "The Middle East and North Africa 2004". Europa.
Loeffler, Reinhold L.. (1976). "Recent Economic Changes in Boir Ahmad: Regional Growth without Development". Iranian Studies.
Henry Speck, "Alexander at the Persian Gates. A Study in Historiography and Topography" in: ''American Journal of Ancient History'' n.s. 1.1 (2002) 15-234; summarized at [https://www.livius.org/a/iran/persian_gates/yasuj.html "Persian Gates"] {{Webarchive. link. (18 April 2009)
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(14 August 1402). "The annexation of several villages to the city of Yasuj: The merger of the cities of Madavan and Yasuj was approved". Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
"World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Yasuj". [[NOAA]].
[http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/koh/YASOUJ/], Iran Meteorological Organization, {{Webarchive. link. (17 February 2016)
(13 October 2010). "Iran's first private refinery".
[http://www.yums.ac.ir/ "Yasuj University of Medical Sciences"] {{Webarchive. link. (30 October 2005 (in Persian))
World Health Organization (2000) ''World Directory of Medical Schools: Répertoire mondial des écoles de médecine'' World Health Organization, Geneva, p. 199, {{ISBN. 978-92-4-150010-4
"Yasuj Azad University".

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