Mehran, Ilam
{{Short description|City in Ilam province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the administrative division of Ilam province|Mehran County|other places with a similar name|Mehran (disambiguation){{!}}Mehran}}
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|subdivision_name3 = Central
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Mehran ({{langx|fa|مهران}}){{efn|Also romanized as Mehrān; formerly Mansurabad (منصورآباد), also romanized as Mansūrābād{{GEOnet3|-3074669}}}} is a city in the Central District of Mehran County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Ilam province, centered in the city of Ilam|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208001844/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=8 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 83348/T132K|access-date=8 February 2024}}
Mehran is near Iran's western border with Iraq. Because of its strategic proximity (only two hours' drive from Baghdad) the city has played a continuing role in dealings between Iran and Iraq.
In May 1981, during the Iran–Iraq War, in the Battle of Mehran, Iraqi forces captured Mehran, on the western plain of the Zagros Mountains and pushed eastward to the mountain base.[http://www.iranian.ws/iran-online/iran-iraq_war/1980-1982.htm Iran–Iraq War history]. Along with other Iraqi forces, they had been driven out by 1982-83.
Demographics
=Language and ethnicity=
All the people of this city are Kurds and most of them are from Malekshahi and Shohan tribes.{{Cite web |lang=fa |author=General Department of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Ilam Province |date= |title=Introducing the city of Mehran |website=ilam-mcth.ir|url=https://ilam-mcth.ir/%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%b1%d9%81%db%8c-%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86}} The city is mostly populated by Kurds with a small Shohani minority.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province - Mērān|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjUwNGY5OCIsInMiOjE2MDkwOTY3NTM0NDJ9|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}{{bar box|title=Mehran linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|Southern Kurdish|gold|85}}
{{bar percent|Shohani|navy|15}}}}
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,118 in 2,958 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam 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/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 14,920 people in 3,745 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam 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/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,435 people in 5,019 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam 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_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}
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Climate
Mehran has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh).
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|Jan high C = 15.1
|Feb high C = 17.5
|Mar high C = 23.5
|Apr high C = 29.4
|May high C = 36.5
|Jun high C = 41.8
|Jul high C = 44.1
|Aug high C = 44.3
|Sep high C = 40.0
|Oct high C = 33.3
|Nov high C = 22.6
|Dec high C = 17.0
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|Jan mean C = 10.2
|Feb mean C = 12.2
|Mar mean C = 17.6
|Apr mean C = 23.4
|May mean C = 30.2
|Jun mean C = 35.4
|Jul mean C = 37.8
|Aug mean C = 37.8
|Sep mean C = 33.2
|Oct mean C = 27.0
|Nov mean C = 17.1
|Dec mean C = 12.0
|Jan low C = 5.3
|Feb low C = 6.6
|Mar low C = 10.8
|Apr low C = 16.0
|May low C = 22.0
|Jun low C = 27.3
|Jul low C = 30.0
|Aug low C = 29.7
|Sep low C = 25.3
|Oct low C = 20.1
|Nov low C = 11.7
|Dec low C = 7.2
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 52
|Feb precipitation mm = 39
|Mar precipitation mm = 38
|Apr precipitation mm = 24
|May precipitation mm = 6
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 9
|Nov precipitation mm = 42
|Dec precipitation mm = 46
|Jan humidity = 64
|Feb humidity = 58
|Mar humidity = 37
|Apr humidity = 29
|May humidity = 17
|Jun humidity = 12
|Jul humidity = 12
|Aug humidity = 12
|Sep humidity = 15
|Oct humidity = 22
|Nov humidity = 46
|Dec humidity = 60
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|Jan precipitation days = 5
|Feb precipitation days = 4
|Mar precipitation days = 4
|Apr precipitation days = 3
|May precipitation days = 1
|Jun precipitation days = 0
|Jul precipitation days = 0
|Aug precipitation days = 0
|Sep precipitation days = 0
|Oct precipitation days = 1
|Nov precipitation days = 3
|Dec precipitation days = 4
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|source 1 =https://en.climate-data.org/asia/iran/ilam/mehran-50574/}}
Economy
=Border trade=
In December 2022 Mehran border market accounts for 23 percent of Iran' total exports to Iraq.{{cite web | url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5653602/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%88-%DB%B8%DB%B9-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF | title=یک میلیارد و ۸۹ میلیون دلار کالا از مرز مهران به عراق صادر شد | date=12 December 2022 }}
See also
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war2.php Iran–Iraq War]
- [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/militia.htm People's militia]
- [http://www.payvand.com/news/03/mar/1140.html News site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040710074208/http://www.cidi.org/humanitarian/hsr/iraq/03a/ixl31.html Investigations about population movements]
- [http://www.payvand.com/news/05/mar/1055.html News about immigration]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051123052434/http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2271/html/panorama.htm News site]
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{{Ilam Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Mehran County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Populated places in Mehran County
Category:Cities in Ilam province
Category:Iran–Iraq border crossings