Saman, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
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Saman
Persian: سامان | |
|---|---|
City | |
Entrance to the city of Saman at night | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′00″N 50°54′39″E / 32.45000°N 50.91083°E[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
| County | Saman |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 14,192 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Saman (Persian: سامان)[a] is a city in the Central District of Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
Ethnicity
The city is populated by Turkic people with a Persian minority.[6]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,777 in 3,961 households,[7] when it was capital of the former Saman District in Shahrekord County.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 15,327 people in 4,558 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,192 people in 4,554 households,[3] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Saman County. Saman was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Saman (2001-2013 normals and extremes) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16 (61) |
18 (64) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
32 (90) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
38 (100) |
35 (95) |
28 (82) |
23 (73) |
20 (68) |
38 (100) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5 (41) |
9 (48) |
15 (59) |
19 (66) |
25 (77) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
29 (84) |
23 (73) |
14 (57) |
8 (46) |
20 (68) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0 (32) |
3 (37) |
8 (46) |
12 (54) |
17 (63) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
21 (70) |
15 (59) |
8 (46) |
3 (37) |
13 (56) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5 (23) |
−2 (28) |
2 (36) |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
14 (57) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
13 (55) |
8 (46) |
2 (36) |
−3 (27) |
7 (44) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22 (−8) |
−16 (3) |
−10 (14) |
−3 (27) |
2 (36) |
8 (46) |
4 (39) |
10 (50) |
3 (37) |
−2 (28) |
−8 (18) |
−18 (0) |
−22 (−8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57 (2.2) |
56 (2.2) |
53 (2.1) |
52 (2.0) |
10 (0.4) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
6 (0.2) |
57 (2.2) |
62 (2.4) |
355 (13.7) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 50 | 38 | 40 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 31 | 48 | 55 | 36 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 217 | 220 | 250 | 236 | 298 | 349 | 346 | 341 | 312 | 275 | 211 | 202 | 3,257 |
| Source: Chaharmahalmet[10] | |||||||||||||