Khur, Fars Explained

Khur
Native Name:Persian: خور
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Fars
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Larestan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:7338
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Khur (Persian: خور) is a city in the Central District of Larestan County, 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.[2] The following census in 2011 counted 6,821 people in 1,470 households.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,338 people in 1,829 households.[4]

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.

Geography

Location

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

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").

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Khur, Larestan County . . 25 September 2023 . 25 September 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091830/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/07.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202002/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fars.xls . 16 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx . Excel . 6 April 2022.