Sanandaj

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Sanandaj

سنندج  (Persian)
سنهSine / Sine  (Kurdish)
City
Sanandaj from Abidar.jpg
Official seal of Sanandaj
Seal
Sanandaj is located in Iran
Sanandaj
Sanandaj
Coordinates: 35°18′52″N 46°59′32″E / 35.31444°N 46.99222°E / 35.31444; 46.99222Coordinates: 35°18′52″N 46°59′32″E / 35.31444°N 46.99222°E / 35.31444; 46.99222
Country Iran
ProvinceKurdistan
CountySanandaj
BakhshCentral
Government
 • MayorHeshmatollah Seydi
Area
 • City3,033 km2 (1,171 sq mi)
Elevation
1,538 m (5,046 ft)
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Urban
412,767 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Area code(s)087
ClimateCsa
Websitee-sanandaj.ir
Sanandaj city center
Sanandaj Zagros Town.jpg

Sanandaj (Kurdish: سنە‎, romanized: Sine; Southern Kurdish pronunciation: [səna] (About this soundlisten); Persian: About this soundسنندج‎); Syriac: Sine‎, often romanized as Senneh,[2] previously known as Senah Dezh (meaning; Land of Eagles) [3][4][5] is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069,[6] Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent, (about 250 years ago), yet under its short existence it has grown to become one of the centers of Kurdish culture.[7][8] During the Iraq-Iran War the city was attacked by Iraqi planes and saw disturbances.[9] From 2019 UNESCO has recognized Sineh (Sanandaj) as Creative City of Music.[10]

Name[]

The city of Sanandaj was originally called Saneh, and because it was located near an important castle it was later called Sanehdaj, meaning castle at the foot of a mountain. This presumably turned into Sanandaj over time.[11]

People[]

The population of Sanandaj is mainly Kurdish. The city also had an Armenian minority who gradually emigrated from the city. Until the Iranian Revolution (1979), the city had a small Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of about 4,000 people.[7] The city boasted a sizable Assyrian community that spoke a unique dialect of Aramaic called Senaya. The economy of Sanandaj is based upon the production of carpets, processed hides and skins, milled rice, refined sugar, woodworking, cotton weaving, metalware and cutlery.[12][13]

Most of the people of Sanandaj follow the Shafi‘i branch of Sunni Islam.[14] [15]

Climate[]

Sanandaj has a humid continental climate (Dsa) according to the Köppen climate classification with short, cold, and wet winters and long, hot, and dry summers.

hideClimate data for Sanandaj
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 4.9
(40.8) 		6.9
(44.4) 		13.1
(55.6) 		19.1
(66.4) 		25.2
(77.4) 		32.3
(90.1) 		36.8
(98.2) 		36.1
(97.0) 		31.6
(88.9) 		23.9
(75.0) 		15.6
(60.1) 		8.5
(47.3) 		21.2
(70.1)
Average low °C (°F) −6.2
(20.8) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		0.1
(32.2) 		4.5
(40.1) 		8.2
(46.8) 		12.2
(54.0) 		17.1
(62.8) 		16.4
(61.5) 		10.4
(50.7) 		5.8
(42.4) 		1.1
(34.0) 		−3
(27) 		5.1
(41.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71.8
(2.83) 		67.7
(2.67) 		86.9
(3.42) 		73.1
(2.88) 		42.5
(1.67) 		1.8
(0.07) 		0.4
(0.02) 		0.7
(0.03) 		0.8
(0.03) 		29.2
(1.15) 		57.3
(2.26) 		58.4
(2.30) 		490.6
(19.33)
Average precipitation days 12.4 12.0 13.3 12.0 9.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.8 5.8 8.2 10.9 86.7
Source: World Meteorological Organisation

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.amar.org.ir/english
  2. ^ Senneh rug
  3. ^ https://conf.uok.ac.ir/fits2019/Venue/City-Sanandaj-en.aspx?Lang=fa
  4. ^ https://conf.uok.ac.ir/_JiroConference/Files/Conference/21/Common/ContentPage/Visit%20these%20attractions%20in%20Kurdistan.pdf
  5. ^ https://meteotrend.com/forecast/ir/sanandaj/
  6. ^ "آمار جمعیتی شهرستان سنندج :: فرمانداری سنندج".
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Geoffrey Khan, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj, Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press, p. 1.
  8. ^ Sanandaj Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 16 July 2014.
  9. ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Sanandaj
  10. ^ https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/events/sanandaj-one-year-anniversary-unesco-creative-city-music
  11. ^ حدیدی، عبدالعلی. «سنندج». در دانشنامه جهان اسلام. 21/10/1387. بازبینی‌شده در 2012-07-20.
  12. ^ "کردستان از نظر نرخ بیکاری در جایگاه دوم کشور قرار گرفت". yjc.ir. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  13. ^ "سرمایه‌گذاری در صنعت و معدن کردستان، 4 برابر کمتر از متوسط کشوری است". sanayenews.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  14. ^ https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/11/intelligence-ministry-invites-rouhani-campaign-manager-to-stop-advocating-for-sunni-muslim-rights/
  15. ^ BC.Diakonoff, I. M. (1985), "Media", The Cambridge History of Iran, 2 (Edited by Ilya Gershevitch ed.), Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-20091-2

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