Khur, Fars

For other places with a similar name, see Khur.

Khur
Persian: خور
City
Khur is located in Iran
Khur
Khur
Coordinates: 27°38′45″N 54°20′39″E / 27.64583°N 54.34417°E / 27.64583; 54.34417[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceFars
CountyLarestan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
7,338
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khur (Persian: خور)[a] is a city in the Central District of Larestan County,[b] Fars province, Iran.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

People of Khur speak Khuri (a local language also called "Achomi") and Persian.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,370 in 1,360 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 6,821 people in 1,470 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,338 people in 1,829 households.[2]

Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Khur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 62%. In Khur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. In term of religion, 100% percent of people are Sunni Muslims. Most of the men are either self-employed or employees in Gulf Countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and so on. Additionally, 10 to 20% of them are local in UAE and Qatar, some never having seen their hometown at all, using Khuri in their family names. Some are working for government and some are wealthy enough to have major businesses.[citation needed]

Geography

Location

Khur is a 400-year-old city located in southern part of Fars province. The city is 300 km away from Shiraz.[citation needed]

Climate

It has such hot and dry weather during summer and cold dry during winter. In order to have rain specially during summer which starts at the second month of summer as it is known as chel pasini ("forty afternoons").[citation needed]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Khoor, Khūr, and Khvor[3]
  2. ^ Formerly Lar County[4]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 October 2024). "Khur, Larestan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Fars Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Khur, Fars can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071431" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Letter of approval regarding changing the name of Lar County to Larestan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. c. 2022 [Approved 7 October 1398]. Proposal 1.42.25950; Notification 31592T24775H. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council.
  5. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Fars Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Fars Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
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