Aleshtar
Persian: الشتر | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 33°51′55″N 48°15′44″E / 33.86528°N 48.26222°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Lorestan |
County | Selseleh |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 33,558 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Aleshtar (Persian: الشتر), also Romanized as Alashtar and Alishtār; also known as Qal‘eh ‘Alishtār and Qal‘eh Moz̧affari,[3] is a city in the Central District of Selseleh County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The city is populated by Kurds.[5]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 28,306 in 6,033 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 30,257 people in 7,606 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 33,558 people in 9,294 households.[2]
Aleshtar has a mediterranean climate(Csa) in Köppen climate classification with influences of continental climate(Dsa) as mean daily temperatures are near the freezing point in winter. Summers are dry and hot with very low precipitation from June to September.
Climate data for Aleshtar (1997-2010, elevation:1567.2) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.8 (2.75) |
73.8 (2.91) |
69.2 (2.72) |
64.2 (2.53) |
18.3 (0.72) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.6 (0.02) |
1.4 (0.06) |
24.6 (0.97) |
65.8 (2.59) |
71.0 (2.80) |
459.4 (18.1) |
Source: IRIMO(temperature[8]), (precipitation[9]) |