Gotvand () is a city in the
Central District of
Gotvand County,
Khuzestan
Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...
province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, serving as capital of both the county
and the district.
Gotvand shares the record for highest temperature recorded in Iran with on 17 July 2014, tying the record set at
Dehloran in July 2011. The Lower and
Upper Gotvand Dams are northeast of the city on the
Karun River
The Karun (, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and the country's only navigable river. It is long. The Karun rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as ...
.
Demographics
Language
The people of Gotvand speak the
Bakhtiari dialect of the
Luri language
Luri (, ) is a Southwestern Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs, an Iranian people native to West Asia. The Luri dialects are descended from Middle Persian and are Central Luri, Bakhtiari,G. R. Fazel, 'Lur', in Muslim Peoples: A W ...
.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 21,428 in 4,422 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 22,822 people in 5,465 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,216 people in 6,549 households.
See also
References
Cities in Khuzestan province
Populated places in Gotvand County
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