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Bandar Lengeh
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Lengeh was a center for trade between <a href="/facts/Oman/yNr7BPbm">Oman</a> and Iran for over 60 years, from 1759 to 1814. After 1814, <a href="/facts/Bandar_Abbas/82hFhLj4">Bandar Abbas</a> played a major role in regional trade. </p> <h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2> <h3>Language</h3><p> The linguistic composition of the city:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th colspan="5">Bandar Lengeh linguistic composition</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2">language</td><td></td><td colspan="2">percent</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Achomi_language/EKBtAG8L">Larestani/Achomi</a></td><td> </td><td colspan="2">49.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Western_Iranian_languages/YqyLanhH">Bandari</a></td><td> </td><td colspan="2">20%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a></td><td> </td><td colspan="2">20%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/New_Persian/jfUYbHbt">New Persian</a></td><td> </td><td colspan="2">10%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Balochi_language/w88uLrxl">Koroshi</a></td><td> </td><td colspan="2">0.5%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Population</h3> <p>At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 25,303 in 5,589 households.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The following census in 2011 counted 30,478 people in 6,735 households.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 30,435 people in 8,452 households.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="climate">Climate</h2> <p>Bandar Lengeh has a <a href="/facts/Hot_desert_climate/orfIQqrB">hot desert climate</a> (<a href="/facts/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification/VDcr86hF">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>BWh</i>) with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls from December to March. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Bandar Lengeh (1991–2020, extremes 1966–present)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °C (°F)</th><td>31.6(88.9)</td><td>32.4(90.3)</td><td>36.0(96.8)</td><td>43.4(110.1)</td><td>49.0(120.2)</td><td>49.0(120.2)</td><td>47.0(116.6)</td><td>44.0(111.2)</td><td>44.4(111.9)</td><td>42.5(108.5)</td><td>37.3(99.1)</td><td>32.0(89.6)</td><td>49.0(120.2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>22.9(73.2)</td><td>24.1(75.4)</td><td>26.8(80.2)</td><td>31.4(88.5)</td><td>35.4(95.7)</td><td>36.8(98.2)</td><td>37.8(100.0)</td><td>37.8(100.0)</td><td>36.3(97.3)</td><td>33.8(92.8)</td><td>29.3(84.7)</td><td>25.0(77.0)</td><td>31.5(88.7)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Daily mean °C (°F)</th><td>18.6(65.5)</td><td>19.8(67.6)</td><td>22.4(72.3)</td><td>26.6(79.9)</td><td>30.5(86.9)</td><td>32.5(90.5)</td><td>34.1(93.4)</td><td>34.2(93.6)</td><td>32.5(90.5)</td><td>29.5(85.1)</td><td>24.9(76.8)</td><td>20.6(69.1)</td><td>27.2(81.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>14.5(58.1)</td><td>15.6(60.1)</td><td>18.0(64.4)</td><td>21.8(71.2)</td><td>25.6(78.1)</td><td>28.2(82.8)</td><td>30.6(87.1)</td><td>31.0(87.8)</td><td>28.6(83.5)</td><td>24.8(76.6)</td><td>20.2(68.4)</td><td>16.3(61.3)</td><td>22.9(73.2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °C (°F)</th><td>6.0(42.8)</td><td>7.0(44.6)</td><td>9.1(48.4)</td><td>10.0(50.0)</td><td>16.0(60.8)</td><td>20.0(68.0)</td><td>22.0(71.6)</td><td>24.0(75.2)</td><td>20.9(69.6)</td><td>17.0(62.6)</td><td>9.0(48.2)</td><td>6.0(42.8)</td><td>6.0(42.8)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th><td>34.9(1.37)</td><td>19.0(0.75)</td><td>26.4(1.04)</td><td>3.5(0.14)</td><td>0.3(0.01)</td><td>0.1(0.00)</td><td>1.0(0.04)</td><td>0.0(0.0)</td><td>0.1(0.00)</td><td>0.1(0.00)</td><td>12.6(0.50)</td><td>29.4(1.16)</td><td>127.4(5.02)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)</th><td>2.9</td><td>1.9</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.1</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.1</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.1</td><td>1.3</td><td>2.3</td><td>12.0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Relative_humidity/Nwb28VlT">relative humidity</a> (%)</th><td>62.0</td><td>62.0</td><td>64.0</td><td>60.0</td><td>61.0</td><td>66.0</td><td>66.0</td><td>66.0</td><td>66.0</td><td>63.0</td><td>58.0</td><td>60.0</td><td>62.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Dew_point/PmBJqCTa">dew point</a> °C (°F)</th><td>11.0(51.8)</td><td>12.4(54.3)</td><td>15.2(59.4)</td><td>18.1(64.6)</td><td>21.6(70.9)</td><td>25.4(77.7)</td><td>27.2(81.0)</td><td>27.2(81.0)</td><td>25.5(77.9)</td><td>21.7(71.1)</td><td>15.9(60.6)</td><td>12.4(54.3)</td><td>19.5(67.1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean monthly <a href="/facts/Sunshine_duration/wVBusklh">sunshine hours</a></th><td>243.0</td><td>228.0</td><td>241.0</td><td>267.0</td><td>322.0</td><td>321.0</td><td>293.0</td><td>289.0</td><td>275.0</td><td>291.0</td><td>258.0</td><td>246.0</td><td>3,274</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: <a href="/facts/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration/IvcuqNJg">NOAA</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Al_Qasimi/BU4QljAA">Al Qasimi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kookherd/IlFlqrVx">Kookherd</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bastak/Xgqu6fEs">Bastak</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Morbagh/TVNdedVx">Morbagh</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maghoh/D5WXklXB">Maghoh</a></li></ul> <ul><li> Media related to Bandar Lengeh at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <p> Iran portal </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bandarlengeh.com/">Bandar lengeh virtual portal</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210302114027/https://bandarlengeh.com/">Archived</a> 2 March 2021 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Also romanized as Bandar Langeh, Bandar-e Lengeh, and Bandar-e-Langeh; also known as Lingah, Lengeh, Linja, and Linjah[3] <a href="/wiki/Romanize" target="_blank">/wiki/Romanize</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Habibi, Hassan (c. 2022) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of Hormozgan province's national divisions centered in Bandar Abbas city. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Proposal 53/5/1/3233; Resolution 93808/T907. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220224135811/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/97785" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20220224135811/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/97785</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Language distribution: Hormozgan Province". Iran Atlas. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021. <a href="http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.hormozgan#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIxMGRhZGY1ZTQzMDc3M2RjZDJkZTIxMTlhMmI0Y2I1MiIsInMiOjE2MzI1NDc4MzMwMDZ9" target="_blank">http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.hormozgan#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIxMGRhZGY1ZTQzMDc3M2RjZDJkZTIxMTlhMmI0Y2I1MiIsInMiOjE2MzI1NDc4MzMwMDZ9</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Bandar Lengeh". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 January 2024. <a href="https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Iran/CSV/BandarLengeh_40883.csv" target="_blank">https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Iran/CSV/BandarLengeh_40883.csv</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Zahedan Climate Normals 1966-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 29 December 2012. <a href="ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IR/40883.TXT" target="_blank">ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IR/40883.TXT</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>