Gotvand
City in Khuzestan province, Iran
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Gotvand (Persian: گتوند)[3] is a city in the Central District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county[4] and the district.
Gotvand shares the record for highest temperature recorded in Iran with 53 °C or 127.4 °F on 17 July 2014, tying the record set at Dehloran in July 2011.[citation needed] The Lower and Upper Gotvand Dams are northeast of the city on the Karun River.
Demographics
Language
The people of Gotvand speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language.[5]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 21,428 in 4,422 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 22,822 people in 5,465 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,216 people in 6,549 households.[2]
