Andimeshk

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|1956 |7,324

|1966 |16,195

|1976 |32,085

|1986 |56,288

|1991 |73,759

|1996 |106,923

|2006 |119,422

|2011 |126,811

|2016 |135,116

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 119,422 in 26,140 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Khuzestan 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/06.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093911/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/06.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 126,811 people in 32,904 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Khuzestan 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/Khuzestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118191739/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Khuzestan.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 135,116 people in 39,151 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Khuzestan 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_06.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021081917/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_06.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=21 October 2020}}

The name first appears in cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia from the Ur III period (21st to 20th century BCE) in the form "Adamshakh", with a probable meaning "Crocodile (Town)". Later it was called "Andamaska" or "Andimaska", meaning "plenty of butter"; local villages like Gheel-AB and Lour and two fortresses were added to it.Iranica[http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/how-to-search-iranica] The city was en route to Ilam and Anshan and subsequently to Lorestan, which made it strategically important until the late Sassanid era.

In the Andimeshk region, an individual known as Saleh-Khan Mukri (a Kurd from Kermanshah and the ruler of Shushtar during the Qajar era) {{cite web | url=https://khoorna.com/156474/%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B6%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF/ | title=در ضرورت نصب تندیس برادران اقبال در اندیمشک | date=24 September 2020 }} built several buildings, including a fortress, for his residence, which became known as Saleh Castle or Lor Castle, and during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi and the construction of the railway In Iran, Andimeshk railway station was built in the vicinity of Lor Castle, and Andimeshk gradually expanded with the start of construction around it.

At the same time, the American General Motors Company established a branch of its military automobile factory in this city. In the second Pahlavi period, with the arrival of numerous domestic and foreign companies, Andimeshk became an industrial city and thus hosted thousands of domestic and foreign doctors, engineers, employees and workers. It was during this period that Andimeshk traveled the path of expansion and progress

During the Pahlavi dynasty era, Andimeshk received a great deal of modern development projects because of its location and resources. These included a railway, the Dokoohe military depot and an aluminum factory-silo, as well as many other industrial developments. The city had been connected along the Trans-Iranian Railway in 1929. During World War II a pipeline was also laid from Abadan, then the location of the world's largest refinery, to Andimeshk; from there the fuel was re-loaded onto trucks and transported to the Soviet Union. In 1955 the pipeline was extended from Andimeshk to Tehran.Encyclopaedia Iranica[http://www.iranicaonline.org/pages/how-to-search-iranica]

North Khuzestan was home to some of the oldest civilizations in the world. The Choghamish hills have more than 8,000 years of treasures from different periods, and archaeologists have called on the city of dawn.{{who|date=September 2016}} Susa's Zanbil temple symbolizes the knowledge of the people who lived in this area over 3,000 years ago. Apadana palace is a symbol of the greatness of the Iranians.{{clarify|date=September 2016}} Shushtar waterfalls are a symbol of Iranian engineering and technology. Dezful's Old Bridge is a symbol of Persian authority.{{clarify|date=September 2016}} Cole Farah Izeh and Lure area in the west of Andimeshk County.{{clarify|date=September 2016}}

The dam is not 127 m high rather 48 m and River Dez has the dam with 127m high and build by American multinational company. The Karkheh Dam damaged wild life down stream up to Shoush some 30 km south.^{[Please remove the false info down here!]} The dam is on the Karkheh River in the north-western province of Khuzestan, the closest city being Andimeshk to the east. It is 127 metres high and has a reservoir capacity of 5.9 billion cubic meters. The Karkheh Dam is designed to irrigate 320,000 hectares of land, produce 520 MW of hydro-electricity and prevent downstream floods. In 1956, studies began on the Karkheh Dam by the American company Development and Resources Corporation, which was headed by David E. Lilienthal, the former chairman of the TVA. In 1990, the final studies were completed by Mahab Ghods Consulting Engineers. The engineering division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) started construction on the Karkheh Dam in 1992 and the dam was complete in 2001. During construction, 120 contractual and over eight consultative companies worked on the dam. 5,000 workers constructed the dam and 40 died in the process.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120908213617/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-iran.htm Article title]}} Hydroelectric Power Plants in Iran

Dez Dam is a famous dam for producing electricity for irrigation of agricultural lands, located on the Dez River, 23 km from Andimshek city in Khuzestan province of Iran. The construction of this dam started in 1959 and was built in 1963 by an Italian company. This dam has a height of 203 meters with a capacity of 3,340,000,000 cubic meters.{{Cite web |title=Dez Dam (Andimeshk) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1025570-d11779484-Reviews-Dez_Dam-Andimeshk_Khuzestan_Province.html |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Tripadvisor |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-20 |title=Dez dam lake is one of the most beautiful lakes in Iran with an arch dam on |url=https://iranparadise.com/dez-dam-lake/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=IRAN Paradise |language=en-US}}

Andimeshk sits close to the foothills of the Zagros Mountains on the main north–south highway from Tehran to Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. The main rail line from Tehran to the Persian Gulf is 15 km (9 mi) from Andimeshk. The Persian Gulf is at least 200 km south.

Andimeshk has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh) with extremely hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is higher than most of southern Iran, but is almost exclusively confined to the period from November to April, though on occasions it can exceed {{convert|250|mm|in}} per month or {{convert|600|mm|in}} per year.[http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/khz/ANDIMESHK/25.asp Andimeshk rainfall]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Weather box

|location = Andimeshk

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan record high C = 28.0

|Feb record high C = 29.0

|Mar record high C = 36.0

|Apr record high C = 40.5

|May record high C = 46.5

|Jun record high C = 50.0

|Jul record high C = 53.6

|Aug record high C = 52.0

|Sep record high C = 48.0

|Oct record high C = 43.0

|Nov record high C = 35.0

|Dec record high C = 29.0

|Jan high C = 17.2

|Feb high C = 19.6

|Mar high C = 24.1

|Apr high C = 30.0

|May high C = 37.5

|Jun high C = 43.7

|Jul high C = 46.0

|Aug high C = 44.9

|Sep high C = 41.7

|Oct high C = 34.8

|Nov high C = 26.2

|Dec high C = 19.3

|Jan mean C = 10.8

|Feb mean C = 13.2

|Mar mean C = 17.3

|Apr mean C = 22.8

|May mean C = 29.9

|Jun mean C = 35.1

|Jul mean C = 37.0

|Aug mean C = 35.8

|Sep mean C = 32.0

|Oct mean C = 25.6

|Nov mean C = 17.9

|Dec mean C = 12.5

|Jan low C = 5.3

|Feb low C = 6.8

|Mar low C = 10.0

|Apr low C = 14.7

|May low C = 20.5

|Jun low C = 23.8

|Jul low C = 26.2

|Aug low C = 25.5

|Sep low C = 21.1

|Oct low C = 16.2

|Nov low C = 10.8

|Dec low C = 6.8

|Jan record low C = −9.0

|Feb record low C = -4.0

|Mar record low C = −2.0

|Apr record low C = 3.0

|May record low C = 10.0

|Jun record low C = 16.0

|Jul record low C = 19.0

|Aug record low C = 16.5

|Sep record low C = 10.0

|Oct record low C = 6.0

|Nov record low C = 1.0

|Dec record low C = −2.0

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 100.6

|Feb rain mm = 60.0

|Mar rain mm = 50.2

|Apr rain mm = 34.5

|May rain mm = 9.2

|Jun rain mm = 0.0

|Jul rain mm = 0.2

|Aug rain mm = 0.0

|Sep rain mm = 0.0

|Oct rain mm = 7.4

|Nov rain mm = 39.1

|Dec rain mm = 83.2

|Jan rain days = 9.9

|Feb rain days = 8.1

|Mar rain days = 8.1

|Apr rain days = 6.5

|May rain days = 3.0

|Jun rain days = 0.0

|Jul rain days = 0.1

|Aug rain days = 0.0

|Sep rain days = 0.0

|Oct rain days = 2.1

|Nov rain days = 6.2

|Dec rain days = 8.0

|Jan sun = 131.6

|Feb sun = 158.4

|Mar sun = 192.3

|Apr sun = 217.7

|May sun = 272.5

|Jun sun = 325.6

|Jul sun = 322.7

|Aug sun = 317.0

|Sep sun = 291.3

|Oct sun = 234.8

|Nov sun = 158.2

|Dec sun = 121.9

|Jan humidity = 75

|Feb humidity = 68

|Mar humidity = 59

|Apr humidity = 49

|May humidity = 32

|Jun humidity = 22

|Jul humidity = 24

|Aug humidity = 28

|Sep humidity = 29

|Oct humidity = 40

|Nov humidity = 59

|Dec humidity = 73

|source 1 = NOAA (1961-1990){{cite web

|url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IR/40795.TXT

|title = Andimeshk Climate Normals 1961-1990

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201015170543/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IR/40795.TXT

|archive-date = 2020-10-15

|url-status = dead

|access-date = December 28, 2012}}

|date=December 2012}}

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