Yasuj
City
Native name
یاسووج /
CountryIran
ProvinceKohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
CountyBoyer-Ahmad
DistrictCentral
MayorKeyvan Ashna[1]
Population as of2016
Population total134532
Time zoneIRST (UTC+3:30)
Coordinates30°40′02″N 51°34′47″E
Websitewww.yasuj.ir

Yasuj (Persian: ياسوج; jɒːˈsuːdʒ)[a] is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.[2]

Yasuj is an industrial city in the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. The term Yasuj is also used to refer to the entire region.[3]

Yasuj has a sugar processing plant.[4]

History

The area of Yasuj had been settled as early as the Bronze Age. Findings include the Martyrs Hills (dating from 3rd millennium BC), the Khosravi Hill from the Achaemenian period, the ancient site of Gerd, the Pataveh bridge, and the Pay-e Chol cemetery. Yasuj is the place where Alexander III of Macedon and his Macedonian forces stormed the Persian Gates (Darvazeh-ye Fars), and found a way into the Persian heartland (331 BC).[5]

The Yasuj Museum, which opened in 2002, displays coins, statues, pottery, and bronze vessels recovered from surrounding archaeological sites.[6]

In 2023, the city of Madavan and the villages of Balahzar, Jadval-e Ghureh-ye Mehrian, Madavan-e Sofla, Mehrian, Sarab-e Taveh, Servak, and Tall Khosrow merged with the city of Yasuj.[7]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 national census, the city's population was 96,786 in 20,297 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 108,505 people in 26,304 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,532 people in 34,850 households.[10]

The population of the Central District, in 2016, which includes the city of Yasuj and some suburban villages, is just over 250,000 people.[10]

Yasuj Census
RowCity Name19761986199119962006[8]2011[9]2016[10]
1Yasuj4,52429,99148,95769,13396,786108,505134,532

Climate

Yasuj has the typical continental-influenced Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) of western Iran, though because of its location in the direct line of rain-bearing winds from the Persian Gulf it is the wettest Iranian city south of the Alborz Mountains with an annual rainfall nine times that of Isfahan and twice that of Kermanshah. The heavy precipitation allows the existence of small glaciers on the highest Zagros peaks – in contrast the Kuhrud Mountains to the east have no glaciers despite being of the same height due to aridity. The long dry season sees only on average 4 millimetres (0.16 in) of rainfall between June and September, with the wet season extending into October, unlike many other Mediterranean climates.

Economy

The economy of Yasuj is based on the following local activities:

  • baskets
  • carpets/rugs
  • mosaic tiles
  • bricks
  • livestock feed

By 2014 a new refinery will be constructed by the private sector, at a cost of $2.2 billion. It will produce petrol, gasoil, kerosene, furnace oil, liquefied gas, asphalt, and sulfur.[11]

Education

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Yasooj, Yāsūj, and Yesūj; Luri: (یاسووج), romanized as Jasuc, or (یاسیچ), romanized as Jasyč[15]

یاسوج شهر بزرگان

References

  1. ^ "وزیر کشور حکم شهردار یاسوج را صادر کرد". 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024 [Approved 7 July 1369]). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the units of the national divisions of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, centered in the city of Yasuj" (in Persian). lamtakam.com. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82818/T143K. Archived 24 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 January 2024. – via Lam ta Kam.
  3. ^ Taylor & Francis Group (2003). "Iran". The Middle East and North Africa 2004. London: Europa. p. 406. ISBN 978-1-85743-184-1.
  4. ^ Loeffler, Reinhold L. (1976). "Recent Economic Changes in Boir Ahmad: Regional Growth without Development". Iranian Studies. 9 (4): 266–287, 269. doi:10.1080/00210867608701519
  5. ^ Henry Speck, "Alexander at the Persian Gates. A Study in Historiography and Topography" in: American Journal of Ancient History n.s. 1.1 (2002) 15-234; summarized at "Persian Gates" Archived 18 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Museum And National Parks" Islamic Institute of New York Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 August 2008
  7. ^ "The annexation of several villages to the city of Yasuj: The merger of the cities of Madavan and Yasuj was approved" (in Persian). mehrnews.com. Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. 14 August 1402. Proposal 195155. Archived 12 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 August 2023. – via Mehr News Agency.
  8. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province" (Excel) (in Persian). amar.org.ir. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province" (Excel) (in Persian). irandataportal.syr.edu. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 19 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022. – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  10. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province" (Excel) (in Persian). amar.org.ir. The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived 2 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Iran's first private refinery". 13 October 2010.
  12. ^ "Yasuj University of Medical Sciences" Archived 30 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
  13. ^ World Health Organization (2000) World Directory of Medical Schools: Répertoire mondial des écoles de médecine World Health Organization, Geneva, p. 199, ISBN 978-92-4-150010-4
  14. ^ "Yasuj Azad University". Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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