Dogonbadan
Dogonbadan (Persian: دوگنبدان; Persian pronunciation: [dɔəgɔənbadɒːn]) is a city in the Central District of Gachsaran County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 81,902 in 18,264 households. The following census in 2011 counted 91,739 people in 23,254 households. The latest census in 2016 showed the population had risen further to 96,728 people in 26,770 households.
Economy
Dogonbadan is an oil and gas producing city that has just started to expand and profits from its industrial capacity. The city has the largest gas reserves in Iran as well as has the largest recoverable oil field in Iran and the third largest in the world.
Climate
| Climate data for Dogonbadan (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) |
29.5 (85.1) |
36.8 (98.2) |
38.8 (101.8) |
44.6 (112.3) |
47.6 (117.7) |
48.6 (119.5) |
48.8 (119.8) |
45.6 (114.1) |
41.9 (107.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
48.8 (119.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.6 (108.7) |
42.4 (108.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 102.1 (4.02) |
55.6 (2.19) |
62.9 (2.48) |
26.1 (1.03) |
5.7 (0.22) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.2 (0.01) |
3.9 (0.15) |
1.6 (0.06) |
8.1 (0.32) |
74.2 (2.92) |
101.8 (4.01) |
442.5 (17.42) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 33.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68.0 | 61.0 | 52.0 | 41.0 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 30.0 | 51.0 | 65.0 | 39.3 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.0 | 194.0 | 231.0 | 242.0 | 313.0 | 351.0 | 338.0 | 334.0 | 311.0 | 289.0 | 218.0 | 207.0 | 3,222 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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British staffs of an oil company in Gachsaran in 1957 -
Tange deel around the Gachsaran city, Early spring -
Barabar around the Gachsaran city, Early spring -
Kayvan fall around Dogonbadan(Gachsaran) -
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