Bandar-e Mahshahr
Bandar-e Mahshahr
بندرماهشهر | |
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  Bandar-e Mahshahr | |
| Coordinates: 30°33′32″N 49°11′53″E / 30.55889°N 49.19806°ECoordinates: 30°33′32″N 49°11′53″E / 30.55889°N 49.19806°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Khuzestan |
| County | Mahshahr |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2016 Census) | |
| • Urban | 162,797 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
| Area code(s) | +98 |
Bandar-e Mahshahr (Persian: بندرماهشهر)[a][2] is a city and capital of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Mahshahr has two universities. Islamic Azad University of Mahshahr and Amirkabir University of Technology, Mahshahr campus. Both universities concentrate on engineering programs, especially petroleum and petrochemical engineering.
Demographics[]
Most of its people spoke a dialect that was a mixture of Southern Luri and Bushehri, that is still spoken by some elderly people and by younger generations mostly in rural area (the dialect though still thrives in Hendijan and especially Genaaveh). But now Mahshahrians are mainly Persian-speaking. Local Persians are mostly of Behbahani, Qanavati, and Bandari families. There is also a local Arabic-speaking minority whose roots go back to Qabban in Iraq.[3]
Climate[]
On July 31, 2015 at around 4:30 PM Iran Daylight Time (3:10 PM apparent solar time), the air temperature measured at the Bandar-e Mahshahr airport was 46 °C (115 °F), the dew point was 32 °C (90 °F), and the relative humidity was 49%. This corresponds to a wet-bulb temperature of 34.6 °C (94.3 °F), slightly below the 35 °C (95 °F) mark that is considered the maximum humans can tolerate, above which extended exposure will lead to death.[4][5] Together, the city had a heat index of 74 °C (165 °F), the second highest heat index ever recorded anywhere in the world.[4]
| hideClimate data for Bandar-e Mahshahr (1987-2005) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
48.0 (118.4) |
51 (124) |
54 (129) |
53 (127) |
49.0 (120.2) |
42.8 (109.0) |
35.8 (96.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
54 (129) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
43.8 (110.8) |
45.2 (113.4) |
44.6 (112.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
36.2 (97.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.5 (2.11) |
28.2 (1.11) |
29.6 (1.17) |
12.2 (0.48) |
1.9 (0.07) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.01) |
6.1 (0.24) |
30.9 (1.22) |
50.7 (2.00) |
213.4 (8.40) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 24.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 60 | 52 | 42 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 70 | 45 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183.4 | 212.4 | 233.4 | 236.7 | 301.7 | 344.5 | 342.8 | 336.0 | 302.8 | 269.9 | 215.1 | 182.4 | 3,161.1 |
| Source: Iran Meteorological Organization (records),[6] (temperatures),[7] (precipitation),[8] (humidity),[9] (days with precipitation),[10] (sunshine)[11] | |||||||||||||
2019 Protests[]
In the 2019 Iranian fuel protests, Amnesty International confirmed that security forces killed 14 protestors in Bandar-e Mahshahr, a deathtoll higher than that of larger cities such as Tehran or Shiraz;[12] the New York Times reports between 40 and 100 protestors were killed in Mahshahr.[13]
Port and Special Economic Zone[]
The port of Bandar-e Mahshahr is immediately adjacent to the East of the port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni. It is specialized in oil and petrochemical products exports. It includes a Special economic zone used by the National Iranian Petrochemical Company and the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), the Special industrial economic zones 'Petzone'.
The port of Bandar-e Mahshahr is mostly used by tanker ships and is accessible through the same channel as the port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, i.e. the 42 miles long, 20 meter deep Khor Musa channel,[14][15]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Also romanized as Bandar Mahshahr, Bandar-e Māhshahr, Bandar-e Ma‘shūr, Bandar Mah-Shahr, Bandar Mah Sharh, Bandar-mashoor, Bandar-Mashour, Bandar Ma‘shūr, Bandar Mashur; also known as Bār Andāz, Māhshahr, Mah Shahr, and Mashur)
References[]
- ^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
- ^ Bandar-e Mahshahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055128" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Kanʻānī Hindījānī, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd. 2002. Tārīkh va jughrāfiyā-yi sarʹzamīn-i kuhan bā tamaddunī dīrīnah az Arjān tā Qabān, Hindījān, , Shādagān. Shīrāz: Navīd-i Shīrāz.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Samenow, Jason. "Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record". The Washington Post. July 31, 2015.
- ^ Christoph Schär (2016). "Climate extremes: The worst heat waves to come". Nature Climate Change. 6 (2): 128. Bibcode:2016NatCC...6..128S. doi:10.1038/nclimate2864.
- ^ *"Highest record temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "Lowest record temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ *"Average Maximum temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "Average Mean Daily temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "Average Minimum temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Monthly Total Precipitation in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Average relative humidity in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "No. Of days with precipitation equal to or greater than 1 mm in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Monthly total sunshine hours in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ "Iranian security forces are using lethal force to crush protests".
- ^ Fassihi, Farnaz; Gladstone, Rick (1 December 2019). "With Brutal Crackdown, Iran Convulsed by Worst Unrest in 40 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ https://www.iranwaterway.com/pages/ports/mahshahr.php
- ^ "Mahshahr port - Bandar-e Mahshahr".
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