Golmakan, Golbahar
City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
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Golmakan (Persian: گلمكان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Golmakan District[6] in Golbahar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Golmakan Rural District[7] until its capital was transferred to the village of Ahmadabad.[6]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Golmakan's population was 6,413 in 1,620 households, when it was a village in Golmakan Rural District of the former Golbahar District in Chenaran County.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 9,534 people in 3,063 households,[9] by which time the village had been converted to a city.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 8,373 people in 2,861 households.[4]
In 2020, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Golbahar County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Golmakan District.[6]
Climate
| Climate data for Golmakan (1987-2010 normals), elevation:1,176.0 m (3,858.3 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
13.5 (56.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.7 (0.81) |
26.3 (1.04) |
46.7 (1.84) |
37.8 (1.49) |
23.8 (0.94) |
6.7 (0.26) |
1.6 (0.06) |
0.7 (0.03) |
2.4 (0.09) |
7.4 (0.29) |
14.2 (0.56) |
19.7 (0.78) |
208 (8.19) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 44 | 56 | 63 | 48 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
1.9 (35.5) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 155.9 | 158.5 | 170.0 | 215.5 | 280.9 | 341.1 | 357.3 | 354.6 | 298.4 | 252.8 | 192.0 | 153.9 | 2,930.9 |
| Source: IRIMO(mean maximum temperature 1987-2005)[10] | |||||||||||||
