Aghajari ( fa, آغاجاری, also

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d as Āghājārī and Āghā Jārī; also known as Aghajari-e Zeydūn and Āqā Jarī) is a city and capital of Central District, in

Aghajari County Aghajari County ( fa, شهرستان آغاجاری) is located in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Aghajari. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Behbahan County and Omidiyeh County Omidiyeh Co ...

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,152, in 2,943 families. Because of the Iran-Iraq War, the city's population dropped from 64,102 in 1986 to around 16,337 in the 1991 census and its population continued to drop long after the 1991 census (held 3 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War), but according to World Gazetteer the population has slowly grown to 15,153 in 2012, meaning the city's population is extremely far from reaching or getting close to its 1986 population.

Climate

Aghajari has a

hot desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

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Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''BWh'') with long, scorching hot summers and pleasant to warm, short winters. Aghajari is consistently one of the hottest places on the planet during the summer, with summer temperatures regularly at least , sometimes exceeding with many sandstorms and duststorms. However, in winters, the minimum temperature can fall to around . Winters in Aghajari have no snow. The average annual rainfall is around .

References

Populated places in Aghajari County Cities in Khuzestan Province {{Khuzestan-geo-stub