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Borujen (Persian: بروجن)[a] is a city in the Central District of Borujen County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[6]
Key Information
Demographics
[edit]Language and ethnicity
[edit]The city is populated by Persians with a minority of Lurs and Turkic peoples.[7][8]
Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 49,077 in 12,828 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 52,694 people in 14,858 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 57,071 people in 17,228 households.[4]
Geography
[edit]Topography
[edit]The city is located in a valley with the same name, which has a total area of 580 m2 in the eastern part of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province.
Weather and climate
[edit]Borujen has a Continental climate in Köppen climate classification, with warm to hot and dry summers (Dsa). In the climate classification scheme created by Karimi, Borujen has a semi-humid climate with temperate summers and very cold winters. In most classification schemes, Borujen's climate is classified as Arid (as in De Martone) or Semi-arid (as in Ivanov and Barat).[11]
The City's weather station is located on an altitude of about 2197 m above sea level. Its climate is usually a combination of moderate summers and very cold winters. The landscape and plant cover is that of steppes. The maximum observed temperature was 36.6 °C, and the lowest was −26.8 °C.[12]
Borujen is well known for its extremely cold weather, and experiences 132 days with frost annually. The relative humidity is generally low, and averages 38% in year. Cloud cover decreases in the spring, reaches its minimum in the summer, and increases again with the start of the fall season, and reaches its maximum in winter. On average there are only 21 days per year with full cloud cover, and sunshine is the highest among the province's cities.[12]
| Climate data for Boroujen (1988–2005, elevation = 2197 m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
18.5 (65.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
1.9 (35.4) |
10.7 (51.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45.3 (1.78) |
33.6 (1.32) |
54.1 (2.13) |
27.4 (1.08) |
8.9 (0.35) |
1.2 (0.05) |
0.8 (0.03) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.2 (0.01) |
5.2 (0.20) |
23.7 (0.93) |
53.7 (2.11) |
254.2 (9.99) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 45 | 54 | 38 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.5 (25.6) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 215.0 | 226.8 | 242.8 | 256.4 | 333.4 | 359.8 | 342.3 | 341.5 | 319.2 | 293.6 | 230.0 | 219.4 | 3,380.2 |
| Source: IRIMO[13] | |||||||||||||
Higher education
[edit]Borujen hosts several higher education institutes:
- Payam-e-Noor University of Boroujen (in Persian)
- Islamic Azad University of Boroujen (in Persian)
- Nursing Faculty of Boroujen (in Persian)
- Boroujen Technical School (in Persian)
Gallery
[edit]-
Inverted Tulips, Siasard Area -
Mosalla Bridge -
Boroujen-Isfahan Road
See also
[edit]
Media related to Borujen at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 August 2024). "City limits, Borujen County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "X7CR+QMF Borujen, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "ايستگاه ها - اداره کل هواشناسي استان چهارمحال و بختياري". Archived from the original on 19 October 2004.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Borujen can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056915" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان چهارمحال و بختیاری به مرکزیت شهر 25 - د [Approval of the organization and hierarchy of subordination of elements and units of the national divisions of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province centered in the city of Shahr-e Kord]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 60A18F84-E80E-41D2-A108-62931133CA64. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province". Iran Atlas. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Anonby, Erik. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran: A working classification". Iran Atlas. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Climatological Factors of the Region". Chbmet (in Persian). Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Meteorological Office. Archived from the original (asp) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Climatological Elements of the province". chbmet (in Persian). Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Meteorological Service. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ Archived February 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Municipal Borujen
- Governor Borujen
- Borujen News Agency
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110712025929/http://broujencity.ir
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