Sisakht

For other places with a similar name, see Sisaket.

Sisakht (Persian: سی‌سخت^[a] is a city in the Central District of Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4] Sisakht is in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains, 34 km from Yasuj, in the northern part of the province. The area of Dana is protected.^{[citation needed]}

Sisakht سی‌سخت
City
Sisakht
Coordinates: 30°51′39″N 51°27′28″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
County	Dana
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	7,855
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

History

Traces of ancient pottery have been found in excavations in Sisakht, as well as graves dating to c. 3000 BC.^[5] In Telespid, registered in the Iranian national heritage Organization list, there are traces of Sassanian and Safavid eras.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Residents belong to Lur ethnic group and speak the Luri language.^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,342 in 1,528 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 7,389 people in 1,852 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,855 people in 2,200 households.^[2]

Climate

The climate of the city of Sisakht is influenced by the cold Dena Mountains and is covered by snow in parts of the autumn and throughout the winter.

Climate data for Sisakht
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.1 (43.0)	8.9 (48.0)	13.0 (55.4)	17.6 (63.7)	24.5 (76.1)	31.1 (88.0)	34.3 (93.7)	33.6 (92.5)	30.7 (87.3)	24.3 (75.7)	16.4 (61.5)	9.9 (49.8)	20.9 (69.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−6.7 (19.9)	−3.9 (25.0)	−0.8 (30.6)	3.5 (38.3)	7.9 (46.2)	11.8 (53.2)	15.7 (60.3)	14.4 (57.9)	10.5 (50.9)	5.4 (41.7)	0.8 (33.4)	−3.1 (26.4)	4.6 (40.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	57 (2.2)	45 (1.8)	47 (1.9)	32 (1.3)	12 (0.5)	1 (0.0)	2 (0.1)	1 (0.0)	0 (0)	4 (0.2)	23 (0.9)	47 (1.9)	271 (10.7)
Source: Climate-data.org

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Sī Sakht and Sīsakht; (Northern Luri: سی‌سخت), romanized as SỉSext; also known as Deh Bozorg-e Sīsakht, Deh Bozorg-e Sīsākht, and Deh-e Bozorg Sīsakht^[3]