Piranshahre Mokrian
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Piranshahr (Persian: پیرانشهر, Kurdish: پیرانشار, meaning City of Piran) and is derived from the name of the local Kurdish tribe of Piran is a city located in West Azarbaijan Province in northwest Iran.
Piranshahr is the seat of Piranshahr County and its inhabitants are sometimes referred to as Piranshahris, but this term is also applied to those people who live in the neighburing communities.
The government's mid-year estimate for 2009 puts Piranshahrs population at 244,500, compared with the 2008 figure of 241,800, a 0.6% increase. The city is forecast to have a population of 250.000 by 2010.
Piranshahr is on the border between Iran and Iraq, and the high mountains of Siyah Kooh and Sipan lie respectively to the northwest and south. The River Zaab originates in these mountains.
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[edit] Climate
Piranshahr experiences variable weather, including four distinct seasons. In July, the warmest month, high temperatures average 29 °C (84 °F), and low temperatures 17 °C (63 °F). In January, the coldest month, High temperatures average -2 °C (29 °F), with low temperatures averaging -11 °C (13 °F).
Piranshahr's yearly precipitation averages about 965 mm (38 inches). Summer is the rainiest season, with short-lived rainfall and thunderstorms more common than prolonged rainy periods [3]. Winter is the driest season, with most of the precipitation falling as snow.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Piranshahr is an unofficial 44 °C (109 °F) on July 24, 1935. The highest official temperature ever recorded is 42 °C (105 °F) on July 17, 1995 during the Piranshahr Heat Wave. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Piranshahr is -33 °C (-27 °F) on January 20, 1985. On December 24, 1983, the high temperature at Piranshahr reached only -23 °C (-11 °F), and on July 30, 1916, the low temperature sank to only 29 °C (84 °F), both of which are records.
Winter in Piranshahr is a variable and fickle season. The average Piranshahr winter produces 940 mm (37.0 inches) of snow. This number can prove unreliable, as Piranshahr winters have produced between 249 and 2210 mm (9.8 and 87.0 inches) of snow. Snow tends to fall in light accumulations of around 50.8 mm (2 inches), but about once per year Piranshahr experiences a storm that can produce 254 to 356 mm (10 to 14 inches) of snow in one day. Temperatures can vary wildly within the span of one week, but extended periods of temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) are not uncommon in January and February. The temperature in January averages about -4 °C (25 °F) in the afternoon, and -12 °C (10 °F) at night. Temperatures can be expected to drop below -18 °C (0 °F) on 15 days throughout the winter season. Although rare, temperatures in Piranshahr even in the middle of winter can reach 10 °C (50 °F).
[edit] Agriculture
West Azarbaijan Rural Cooperative Organization has bought some 470,000 tons of wheat, valued at Rls.840 billion, from farmers since the beginning of the year. Among West Azarbaijan cities, Piranshar is considered as a fine example in agriculture improvements. Since 2002, most of the investments in the city are made in the agricultural sector. Therefore, farm and garden coverage in Piranshar has extended from 80 square kilometres in 2002 to 190 km² in 2004.
[edit] Economy
The Piranshar economy includes that of the City of Piranshar and the surrounding towns and villages of Piranshar area. The Piranshar area is an engine of the provincial economy. The city of Piranshar has the most important Sugar Company in the province. The employees and grower-owners are very proud of their company. There are four Sugar Companies in the province including the Sugar Company of Piranshar.
The plant, in the course of years of its activity, has been constantly renovated by making use of the existing capabilities in the plant. The plant produces 30,000 tons of sugar annually (from 1500 tons of sugar beet per day), and by-products include 100 tons of dried waste per day, which is used for animal food, and 3000 tons of medico-industrial alcohol produced annually from molasses.
Considering the national demand for sugar of 1.5 million tons per year, and the supply thereof by 35 manufacturing units equivalent to 800 thousand tons, and consequently considerable shortage of sugar, the manufacture of such a product is significant.
The main institutions of higher education in the area is Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University. The city is also home to a number of conservatories and art schools.
[edit] Neighborhoods
Zargatan and Kohnehkhaneh are two of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.
[edit] Geography
According to the Management and Planning Organization, the city has a total area of 154.9 square miles (401.3 km²), of which 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), or 1.03%, is water.
Piranshahr is surrounded by four other counties: Oshnavieh and Naghadeh to the north, Mahabad to the east and Sardasht to the south. The city is also bordered by Iraq to the west
[edit] Demographics
The ethnic composition of Piranshahr is Kurdish.
According to the Piranshahr's organization for Civil Registration the highest average annual growth rate in the province is in Piranshahr [1].
[edit] Human Rights
The distribution of a book during the Nowruz holidays which disapproves the unity between the minority Sunnis and majority Shiites led to protests by a number of Sunni inhabitants of Piranshahr and West Azarbayjan Province. The Sunni clergy of Piranshahr have requested that the book's author be punished, and the governor of Piranshahr has promised to follow up the case with the Kurd deputies in the Islamic Consultative Majlis and to ask the Minister of Islamic Culture and Guidance to provide explanations in this regard.
[edit] Events
- Turkey violated Iranian air space and border in two incidents, including a July 18 1999 air strike on Iranian border outposts near the town of Piranshahr, in which at least five innocent rural people were killed and 11 wounded. [2]
[edit] Distances in Kilometers
Piranshahr: 0 km
Mahabad: 91 km
Orumiyeh: 146 km
Oshnaviyeh: 46 km
Sardasht: 95 km
Bukan: 202 km
Takab: 286 km
Shahindej: 203 km
Chaldoran: 369 km
Maku:422 km
Naghadeh: 46 km
Miandoab: 142 km
Salmas: 237
Khoy: 280 km
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[edit] Alternative spellings
- Piranshar
- Piranchar
- Piranschar
- Piransar
- Piranshahr
- Piranschahr
- Piranchahr
- Piransahr
- Piran Shahr
- Piran Chahr
- Piran Schahr
- Piran Sahr
- Piran Sar
- Piran Char
- Piran Shar
- Piran Schar
