Saman, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

For the administrative divisions, see Saman County and Saman Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Saman.

Saman (Persian: سامان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Saman Persian: سامان
City
Entrance to the city of Saman at night
Saman
Coordinates: 32°27′00″N 50°54′39″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
County	Saman
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	14,192
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Turkic people with a Persian minority.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,777 in 3,961 households,^[6] when it was capital of the former Saman District in Shahrekord County.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 15,327 people in 4,558 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,192 people in 4,554 households,^[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Saman County. Saman was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Saman (2001-2013 normals and extremes)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16 (61)	18 (64)	27 (81)	27 (81)	32 (90)	37 (99)	37 (99)	38 (100)	35 (95)	28 (82)	23 (73)	20 (68)	38 (100)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5 (41)	9 (48)	15 (59)	19 (66)	25 (77)	31 (88)	33 (91)	32 (90)	29 (84)	23 (73)	14 (57)	8 (46)	20 (68)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0 (32)	3 (37)	8 (46)	12 (54)	17 (63)	23 (73)	25 (77)	24 (75)	21 (70)	15 (59)	8 (46)	3 (37)	13 (56)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−5 (23)	−2 (28)	2 (36)	6 (43)	10 (50)	14 (57)	17 (63)	16 (61)	13 (55)	8 (46)	2 (36)	−3 (27)	7 (44)
Record low °C (°F)	−22 (−8)	−16 (3)	−10 (14)	−3 (27)	2 (36)	8 (46)	4 (39)	10 (50)	3 (37)	−2 (28)	−8 (18)	−18 (0)	−22 (−8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	57 (2.2)	56 (2.2)	53 (2.1)	52 (2.0)	10 (0.4)	1 (0.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.0)	6 (0.2)	57 (2.2)	62 (2.4)	355 (13.7)
Average relative humidity (%)	59	50	38	40	31	22	21	21	21	31	48	55	36
Mean monthly sunshine hours	217	220	250	236	298	349	346	341	312	275	211	202	3,257
Source: Chaharmahalmet[9]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Sāmān^[3]