Bandar-e Mahshahr

City in Khuzestan province, Iran

For the administrative division of Khuzestan province, see Mahshahr County.

City in Khuzestan, Iran

Bandar-e Mahshahr

Persian: بندرماهشهر

City

Bandar-e Mahshahr

Coordinates: 30°33′24″N 49°11′23″E﻿ / ﻿30.55667°N 49.18972°E﻿ / 30.55667; 49.18972[1]
Country| Iran
Province| Khuzestan
County| Mahshahr
District| Central
Population

(2016)[2]

• Total| 550,000
Time zone| UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code| +98

Bandar-e Mahshahr (Persian: بندرماهشهر) [a] is a city in the Central District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

## Demographics

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### Language

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Most of its people spoke a dialect that was a mixture of Southern Luri and Bushehri, which is still spoken by some elderly people and by younger generations mostly in rural areas (the dialect though still thrives in Hendijan and especially Genaaveh). But now Mahshahrians are mainly Persian-speaking. Local Persians are mostly of Behbahani, Qanavati, and Bandari families. There is also a local Arabic-speaking minority whose roots go back to Qabban in Iraq.[5]

### Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 109,927 in 24,110 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 153,778 people in 38,301 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 162,797 people in 45,208 households.[2]

## Climate

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On July 31, 2015, at around 4:30 PM Iran Daylight Time (3:10 PM apparent solar time), the air temperature measured at the Bandar-e Mahshahr airport was 46 °C (115 °F), the dew point was 32 °C (90 °F), and the relative humidity was 49%. This corresponds to a wet-bulb temperature of 34.6 °C (94.3 °F), slightly below the 35 °C (95 °F) mark that is considered the maximum humans can tolerate, above which extended exposure will lead to death.[8][9] Together, the city had a heat index of 74 °C (165 °F), the second highest heat index ever recorded anywhere in the world.[8]

Climate data for Bandar-e Mahshahr (1987-2005)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 29.6
(85.3)  | 35.2
(95.4)  | 42.0
(107.6)  | 48.0
(118.4)  | 51
(124)  | 54
(129)  | 53
(127)  | 49.0
(120.2)  | 42.8
(109.0)  | 35.8
(96.4)  | 28.0
(82.4)  | 54
(129)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 17.1
(62.8)  | 20.1
(68.2)  | 24.8
(76.6)  | 32.1
(89.8)  | 39.2
(102.6)  | 43.8
(110.8)  | 45.2
(113.4)  | 44.6
(112.3)  | 41.3
(106.3)  | 35.3
(95.5)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 19.6
(67.3)  | 32.5
(90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 12.6
(54.7)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 25.5
(77.9)  | 31.3
(88.3)  | 34.8
(94.6)  | 36.8
(98.2)  | 36.2
(97.2)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 27.5
(81.5)  | 19.9
(67.8)  | 14.6
(58.3)  | 25.5
(77.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 13.3
(55.9)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 23.4
(74.1)  | 25.8
(78.4)  | 28.4
(83.1)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 23.5
(74.3)  | 19.6
(67.3)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 9.6
(49.3)  | 18.5
(65.3)
Record low °C (°F)  | −2.0
(28.4)  | −2.6
(27.3)  | 1.4
(34.5)  | 7.6
(45.7)  | 14.0
(57.2)  | 18.0
(64.4)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 20.0
(68.0)  | 15.0
(59.0)  | 8.8
(47.8)  | 0.0
(32.0)  | 0.0
(32.0)  | −2.6
(27.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 53.5
(2.11)  | 28.2
(1.11)  | 29.6
(1.17)  | 12.2
(0.48)  | 1.9
(0.07)  | 0.1
(0.00)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.2
(0.01)  | 6.1
(0.24)  | 30.9
(1.22)  | 50.7
(2.00)  | 213.4
(8.40)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.7  | 3.6  | 3.7  | 1.9  | 0.5  | 0.1  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.1  | 0.8  | 2.5  | 5.9  | 24.8
Average relative humidity (%)  | 74  | 60  | 52  | 42  | 29  | 26  | 31  | 35  | 35  | 42  | 53  | 70  | 45
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183.4  | 212.4  | 233.4  | 236.7  | 301.7  | 344.5  | 342.8  | 336.0  | 302.8  | 269.9  | 215.1  | 182.4  | 3,161.1
Source: Iran Meteorological Organization (records),[10] (temperatures),[11] (precipitation),[12] (humidity),[13] (days with precipitation),[14] (sunshine)[15]

## 2019 Protests

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Main article: 2019 Iranian protests

In the 2019 Iranian fuel protests, Amnesty International confirmed that security forces killed 14 protestors in Bandar-e Mahshahr, a death toll higher than that of larger cities such as Tehran or Shiraz;[16] the New York Times reports between 40 and 100 protestors were killed in Mahshahr.[17]

## Port and Special Economic Zone

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The port of Bandar-e Mahshahr is immediately adjacent to the East of the port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni. It is specialized in oil and petrochemical products exports. It includes a Special economic zone used by the National Iranian Petrochemical Company and the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), the Special industrial economic zones 'Petzone'.

The port of Bandar-e Mahshahr is mostly used by tanker ships and is accessible through the same channel as the port of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, i.e. the 42 miles long, 45 meter deep Khor Musa channel.[18][19]

## Universities

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Mahshahr has two universities. Islamic Azad University of Mahshahr and Amirkabir University of Technology, Mahshahr campus. Both universities concentrate on engineering programs, especially petroleum and petrochemical engineering.

## See also

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Iran portal

## Notes

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1. ^ Also romanized as Bandar Mah-Shahr, Bandar Mahshahr, and Bandar-e Māhshahr; also known as Bandar Mah Sharh, Bandar-e Ma‘shūr, Bandar-mashoor, Bandar-Mashour, Bandar Ma‘shūr, Bandar Mashur, Bār Andāz, Mah Shahr, Māhshahr, and Mashur[3]

## References

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1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 August 2023). "Bandar-e Mahshahr, Mahshahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06\. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. ^ Bandar-e Mahshahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055128" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. ^ Habibi, Hassan. "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Khuzestan province, centered in the city of Ahvaz". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
5. ^ Kanʻānī Hindījānī, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd. 2002. Tārīkh va jughrāfiyā-yi sarʹzamīn-i kuhan bā tamaddunī dīrīnah az Arjān tā Qabān, Hindījān, Bandar Māhshahr, Shādagān. Shīrāz: Navīd-i Shīrāz.
6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06\. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 06\. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
8. ^ a b Samenow, Jason. "Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 165 degrees, near world record". The Washington Post. July 31, 2015.
9. ^ Christoph Schär (2016). "Climate extremes: The worst heat waves to come". Nature Climate Change. 6 (2): 128. Bibcode:2016NatCC...6..128S. doi:10.1038/nclimate2864.
10. ^ *"Highest record temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
* "Lowest record temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
11. ^ *"Average Maximum temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
* "Average Mean Daily temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
* "Average Minimum temperature in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
12. ^ "Monthly Total Precipitation in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
13. ^ "Average relative humidity in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
14. ^ "No. Of days with precipitation equal to or greater than 1 mm in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
15. ^ "Monthly total sunshine hours in Bandar-e Mahshahr by Month 1987–2005". Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
16. ^ "Iranian security forces are using lethal force to crush protests". 19 November 2019.
17. ^ Fassihi, Farnaz; Gladstone, Rick (1 December 2019). "With Brutal Crackdown, Iran Convulsed by Worst Unrest in 40 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
18. ^ "Bandar Mahshahr | IranWaterway".
19. ^ "Mahshahr port - Bandar-e Mahshahr".

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