# Izeh

Izeh (Persian: ايذه) is a city in the Central District of Izeh County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Izeh has mines of rocks and minerals. It is famous for its dam and ancient monuments that are located in Kul-e Farah, Eshkaft-e Salman, Khongazhdar, Tagh e Tavileh, Shir-e Sangi (Stone Lion cemetery), Shahsavar relief, Khong e Kamalvand, Khong e Ajdar, Khong e Yaralivand, ghalesard village (Qalesard), and Sheyvand relief.

## Demographics
### Language

The majority of the population in Izeh speaks the Bakhtiari dialect of the Luri language.

### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 103,695 in 20,127 households. The following census in 2011 counted 170,093 people in 27,084 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 119,399 people in 30,066 households.

## Climate

Izeh has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with scorching, rainless summers and comfortable, somewhat wet winters with cold and often freezing mornings.
Climate data for Izeh (1993-2005) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 35.4 (95.7) | 42.0 (107.6) | 46.0 (114.8) | 46.6 (115.9) | 45.8 (114.4) | 42.6 (108.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 46.6 (115.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 32.9 (91.2) | 39.1 (102.4) | 41.4 (106.5) | 41.7 (107.1) | 37.5 (99.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.9 (62.4) | 28.1 (82.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 30.1 (86.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 21.0 (69.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.2 (41.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.8 (56.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.6 (34.9) | 7.6 (45.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 14.6 (58.3) | 13.6 (56.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.8 (19.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 154.5 (6.08) | 106.9 (4.21) | 121.0 (4.76) | 63.5 (2.50) | 11.8 (0.46) | 0.6 (0.02) | 1.1 (0.04) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.00) | 6.8 (0.27) | 84.6 (3.33) | 142.6 (5.61) | 694.1 (27.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 9.7 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 49.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 60 | 58 | 50 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 29 | 50 | 62 | 40 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 177.3 | 187.4 | 211.8 | 239.3 | 313.0 | 365.6 | 354.7 | 351.4 | 323.3 | 280.0 | 212.3 | 177.0 | 3,193.1 |
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## Notable people

* Iman Mobali Iranian retired football player and coach
* Pouya Dadmarz Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Ramin Taheri Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Aref Aghasi Iranian footballer
* Iman Mohammadi Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Behrouz Jamshidi Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Safdar Hosseini Iranian academic and politician
* Ali Landi student who saved the lives of two elderly women in a fire
* Ali Salehi Iranian poet and writer
* Mahmoud Rahmani Iranian documentary filmmaker
* Sajjad Kouchaki Iranian retired
* Barat Ghobadian
Iranian Professor of Biosystems Engineering at Tarbiat Modarres University – Head of the Departemen