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Khorramabad
خرم آباد
city
Falak ol Aflak Castle
Falak ol Aflak Castle
Country Iran
ProvinceLorestan
CountyKhorramabad
BakhshCentral
Population
 (2006)
 • Total328,544
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Khorramabad (Template:Lang-fa - Khorram Abād, Luri: خورمووه - Xormuve; also Romanized as Khorramābād, Khoramabad, Khurramabad, Khorram Abad and Khur Ramābād)[1] is a city in and capital of Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 328,544, in 75,945 families.[2] Khorramabad is situated in the Zagros Mountains. Khorramabad Airport is 3 km south of the city proper.

The city population is predominantly Lur and Lak, although the two groups are closely related.[3]

Although not a major tourist destination, it is quite scenic and possesses several attractions, such as 5 Paleolithic cave-dwelling sites.[4] In the city center, a tall citadel called Falak-ol-Aflak (The Heaven of Heavens), a relic of the Sassanid era, is now a nationally popular museum. Economically, it is the regional base of the agricultural industry.

Khorramabad has what is classed under the Köppen climate classification as a Mediterranean climate (Csa), owing to its high altitude making it much wetter than lowland cities like Baghdad or cities more shielded from the Zagros Mountains like Esfahan and Tehran. It remains extremely hot in the summer even with very low humidity, but the winter is sufficiently wet for rainfed agriculture, though much colder than classic Mediterranean climates.

Climate data for Khorramabad, Iran
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.9
(51.6) 		13.3
(55.9) 		17.5
(63.5) 		22.6
(72.7) 		28.9
(84.0) 		36.0
(96.8) 		39.5
(103.1) 		39.1
(102.4) 		35.0
(95.0) 		27.7
(81.9) 		19.7
(67.5) 		13.1
(55.6) 		25.3
(77.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2) 		1.4
(34.5) 		4.6
(40.3) 		8.3
(46.9) 		11.9
(53.4) 		15.4
(59.7) 		19.5
(67.1) 		18.7
(65.7) 		14.1
(57.4) 		10.0
(50.0) 		5.5
(41.9) 		1.8
(35.2) 		9.3
(48.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 86.0
(3.39) 		73.1
(2.88) 		82.5
(3.25) 		71.6
(2.82) 		36.5
(1.44) 		0.3
(0.01) 		0.1
(0.00) 		0.2
(0.01) 		1.2
(0.05) 		23.5
(0.93) 		54.3
(2.14) 		83.6
(3.29) 		512.9
(20.19)
Average relative humidity (%) 69 64 58 54 43 28 24 25 28 39 55 66 46.1
Source: [5]

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Notes

  1. ^ Khorramabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071194" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ Anonby, Erik John "Update on Luri: How many languages" JRAS (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society) Series 3 13(2): pp. 171–197, p.183, doi: 10.1017/S1356186303003067
  4. ^ Baumler, Mark F. and Speth, John D. (1993) "A Middle Paleolithic Assemblage from Kunji Cave, Iran" pp. 1–74 In Olszewski, Deborah and Dibble, Harold Lewis (editors) (1993) The Paleolithic prehistory of the Zagros-Taurus The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-924171-24-3
  5. ^ "Khorram Abad, Iran: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Climate-Charts.com.
  6. ^ "Lorestan University of Medical Sciences" homepage
  7. ^ "Lorestan University" homepage, in English
  8. ^ "لرستان و یاماگاتای ژاپن خواهرخوانده شدند" (in Persian). iran. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)



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