Farsan

For the administrative division, see Farsan County. For Gujarati fast food, see Farsan.

"Farsian" redirects here. For other uses, see Farsian (disambiguation).

"Farsun" redirects here. For the village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, see Farsun.

Farsan (Persian: فارسان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5]

Farsan Persian: فارسان
City
Farsan
Coordinates: 32°15′18″N 50°33′47″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
County	Farsan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	30,504
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Lurs.^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 26,219 in 5,665 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 28,013 people in 7,190 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 30,504 people in 8,400 households.^[3]

Climate

Farsan has a hot dry-summer Continental climate (Dsa), with hot summer days, cool summer nights and cold winter days, freezing winter nights. Rainfall is significant in winter and spring but not so much in summer, only often resulting from thunderstorms.

Frost is quite common in the region. Farsan on average experiences 112.5 days with frost from November to March, with rare occurrences in April or October.^[9]

Climate data for Farsan (2005-2013 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5 (41)	8 (46)	14 (57)	18 (64)	24 (75)	31 (88)	34 (93)	33 (91)	29 (84)	23 (73)	14 (57)	9 (48)	20 (68)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1 (30)	2 (36)	7 (45)	11 (52)	16 (61)	21 (70)	25 (77)	23 (73)	19 (66)	14 (57)	7 (45)	2 (36)	12 (54)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−8 (18)	−4 (25)	0 (32)	4 (39)	8 (46)	11 (52)	15 (59)	14 (57)	9 (48)	5 (41)	0 (32)	−5 (23)	4 (39)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	81 (3.2)	85 (3.3)	69 (2.7)	72 (2.8)	12 (0.5)	1 (0.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.1)	9 (0.4)	89 (3.5)	74 (2.9)	494 (19.4)
Average relative humidity (%)	58	60	47	49	42	30	27	27	30	38	56	58	44
Mean monthly sunshine hours	198	198	242	234	279	336	329	325	309	272	205	203	3,130
Source: Chaharmahalmet[9]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Fārsān; also known as Fārsā, Fārsīān, and Farsūn^[4]