Sisakht
City in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran
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Sisakht (Persian: سیسخت[a] is a city in the Central District of Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] Sisakht is in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains, 34 km from Yasuj, in the northern part of the province. The area of Dana is protected.[citation needed]
History
Traces of ancient pottery have been found in excavations in Sisakht, as well as graves dating to c. 3000 BC.[5] In Telespid, registered in the Iranian national heritage Organization list, there are traces of Sassanian and Safavid eras.
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
Residents belong to Lur ethnic group and speak the Luri language.[6]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,342 in 1,528 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 7,389 people in 1,852 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,855 people in 2,200 households.[2]
Climate
The climate of the city of Sisakht is influenced by the cold Dena Mountains and is covered by snow in parts of the autumn and throughout the winter.
| Climate data for Sisakht | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33.6 (92.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57 (2.2) |
45 (1.8) |
47 (1.9) |
32 (1.3) |
12 (0.5) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
4 (0.2) |
23 (0.9) |
47 (1.9) |
271 (10.7) |
| Source: Climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- Also romanized as Sī Sakht and Sīsakht; (Northern Luri: سیسخت), romanized as SỉSext; also known as Deh Bozorg-e Sīsakht, Deh Bozorg-e Sīsākht, and Deh-e Bozorg Sīsakht[3]
