Aghajari () is a city in the Central District of Aghajari County,

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province,

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Demographics

Language

The language of the people of Aghajari is the same as Masjid Suleiman and Lori Bakhtiari.

Population

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). At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,152 in 2,943 households, when it was in the former Aghajari District of Behbahan County The following census in 2011 counted 12,653 people in 3,400 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,912 people in 3,477 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Aghajari County.

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 divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''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 .

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