Marivan facts for kids
For the administrative division of Kurdistan province, see Marivan County. For the village in Kermanshah province, see Marivan.
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Marivan
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Marivan
Location in Iran Kurdistan
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| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kurdistan |
| County | Marivan |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 1950s |
| Elevation | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) |
| Population
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| • Total | 136,654 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Area code(s) | (+98)875 |
Marivan (Persian: مريوان; ) is a city in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
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Demographics
Language
The city is populated by ethnic Kurds and the people of Marivan speak Kurdish.
The linguistic composition of the city:
| Marivan linguistic composition | ||||
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| Language | percent | |||
| Central Kurdish | 75% | |||
| Hawrami | 24% | |||
| New Persian | 1% | |||
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 91,664 in 22,440 households. The following census in 2011 counted 110,464 people in 29,743 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 136,654 people in 39,368 households.
Climate
| Climate data for Marivan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 172 (6.8) |
159 (6.3) |
160 (6.3) |
106 (4.2) |
45 (1.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
27 (1.1) |
88 (3.5) |
121 (4.8) |
878 (34.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
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