Aleshtar
{{Short description|City in Lorestan province, Iran}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Lorestan
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|subdivision_name2 = Selseleh
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Aleshtar ({{langx|fa|الشتر}}){{efn|Also romanized as Alashtar; also known as Alishtār, Qal‘eh ‘Alishtār, and Qal‘eh Moz̧affari{{GEOnet3|-3052297}}}} is a city in the Central District of Selseleh County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of Pol-e Dokhtar County with the center of Pol-e Dokhtar city, Selseleh County, with the center of Aleshtar city, and Azna County with the center of Azna city|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/114967|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129071436/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/114967|archive-date=29 January 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|date=11 October 1391|orig-date=Approved 25 August 1373|id=Proposal 1.4.42.6042; Letter 907-93808|access-date=19 January 2024}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 28,306 in 6,033 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Lorestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/15.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084728/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/15.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 30,257 people in 7,606 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Lorestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Lorestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119153510/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Lorestan.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 33,558 people in 9,294 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Lorestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_15.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012230336/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_15.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=12 October 2020}}
Climate
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.
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| Jan mean C =0.9
| Feb mean C =3.4
| Mar mean C =7.5
| Apr mean C =11.7
| May mean C =15.5
| Jun mean C =20.1
| Jul mean C =23.7
| Aug mean C =23.8
| Sep mean C =19.2
| Oct mean C =14.7
| Nov mean C =8.2
| Dec mean C =4.1
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| Jan precipitation mm =69.8
| Feb precipitation mm =73.8
| Mar precipitation mm =69.2
| Apr precipitation mm =64.2
| May precipitation mm =18.3
| Jun precipitation mm =0.4
| Jul precipitation mm =0.3
| Aug precipitation mm =0.6
| Sep precipitation mm =1.4
| Oct precipitation mm =24.6
| Nov precipitation mm =65.8
| Dec precipitation mm =71.0
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|source = IRIMO(temperature{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/lor/ALESHTAR/5.asp |title=Form 5 : Average of mean daily temperature in C. Station: Aleshtar(40776) |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123003055/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/lor/ALESHTAR/5.asp |archive-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |type=asp}}), (precipitation{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/lor/ALESHTAR/25.asp |title=Form 25: Monthly total of precipitation in mm. Station: Akeshtar(40776) |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321050451/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/lor/ALESHTAR/25.asp |archive-date=21 March 2016 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |type=asp |postscript=.}})
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See also
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Notes
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References
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{{Lorestan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Selseleh County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Lorestan province
Category:Populated places in Selseleh County
Category:Kurdish settlements in Iran
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