# Qaem Shahr

Qaem Shahr (Persian: قائم‌شهر; pronunciation) is a city in the Central District of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Originally known as Ŝâhi was used until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 when the city acquired its current name.

## Demographics
### Population

In 1951, Qaem Shahr's population was around 18,000, growing to 123,684 in 1991. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 174,246 in 48,055 households. The following census in 2011 counted 196,050 people in 60,347 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 204,953 people in 68,407 households.

## Geography
### Location

The city is 228 kilometres (142 mi) northeast of Tehran via road 79 which passes through Shirgah, Pol-e Sefid and Firuzkuh. It is also 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Babol; and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Sari, the capital of the province, connected to both by road 22.
Qaem Shahr is where the North Iranian railway quits the fertile plains of Mazandaran to cross the highest mountain range of the Middle East, the Alborz.

### Climate

Climate data for Qara Kheyl(normals 1991-2020, extremes 1984-2023) elevation: 14.7 :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.2 (97.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.6 (105.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.4 (101.1) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.1 (68.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 21.9 (71.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 12.7 (54.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −5.2 (22.6) | −1.8 (28.8) | 0.2 (32.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.6 (25.5) | −6.0 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.7 (2.78) | 66.1 (2.60) | 67.6 (2.66) | 43.8 (1.72) | 27.3 (1.07) | 30.1 (1.19) | 30.0 (1.18) | 33.4 (1.31) | 77.1 (3.04) | 91.9 (3.62) | 110.2 (4.34) | 74.5 (2.93) | 722.7 (28.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 74.9 |
| Average rainy days | 9.5 | 10.7 | 13 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 104.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.85 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 81 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139 | 119 | 131 | 153 | 204 | 222 | 212 | 206 | 166 | 173 | 146 | 137 | 2,008 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: IRIMO (extremes), meteomanz(snow days 2004-2023, extremes since 2021) ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Behdad Salimi (born 1989) – weightlifter
* Farhad Majidi – football player
* Nader Dastneshan (1960–2021) – football coach
* Mehrdad Oladi (1985–2016) – football player
* Mehrdad Kafshgari (born 1987) – football player
* Fereydoon Fazli (born 1971) – football player
* Babak Nourzad (born 1978) – wrestler
* Mojtaba Tarshiz (born 1978) – football player
* Farshid Talebi (born 1981) – football player
* Maysam Baou (born 1983) – football player
* Mehdi Jafarpour (born 1984) – football player
* Mohammad Abbaszadeh (born 1990) – football player
* Ali Alipour (born 1995) – football player
* Behnam Tayyebi (born 1975) – wrestler
* Ahmad Mohammadi (born 1989) – wrestler
* Mansour Hedayati – (residence) – poet

## Notable places

* Islamic Azad University of Qaemshahr
* Telar jungle park

## Sports

Qaem Shahr is one of the sports magnets in Iran. World and Olympic champion weightlifter Behdad Salimi hails from Qaem Shahr.