Gotvand

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

Gotvand (Persian: گتوند)^[3] is a city in the Central District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county^[4] and the district.

Gotvand Persian: گتوند
City
Gotvand
Coordinates: 32°14′36″N 48°48′49″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
County	Gotvand
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	24,216
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Gotvand shares the record for highest temperature recorded in Iran with 53 °C or 127.4 °F on 17 July 2014, tying the record set at Dehloran in July 2011.^{[citation needed]} The Lower and Upper Gotvand Dams are northeast of the city on the Karun River.

Demographics

Language

The people of Gotvand speak the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 21,428 in 4,422 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 22,822 people in 5,465 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 24,216 people in 6,549 households.^[2]

See also

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