7-589: Persian Gate or the Susian Gate was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran , connecting Yasuj with Sedeh Eghlid to the east, crossing the border of the modern Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Fars provinces of Iran , passing south of the Kuh-e-Dinar massif, part of the Zagros Mountains . The pass controls the link between the shore and the central part of Persia. In
14-566: The Alborz Mountains with an annual rainfall nine times that of Isfahan and twice that of Kermanshah . The heavy precipitation allows the existence of small glaciers on the highest Zagros peaks – in contrast the Kuhrud Mountains to the east have no glaciers despite being of the same height due to aridity. The long dry season sees only on average 4 millimetres (0.16 in) of rainfall between June and September, with
21-655: The ancient site of Gerd, the Pataveh bridge, and the Pay-e Chol cemetery. Yasuj is the place where Alexander III of Macedon and his Macedonian forces stormed the Persian Gates ( Darvazeh-ye Fars ), and found a way into the Persian heartland (331 BC). The Yasuj Museum, which opened in 2002, displays coins, statues, pottery, and bronze vessels recovered from surrounding archaeological sites. On May 18, 2023,
28-492: The city of Madavan and the villages of Balahzar , Jadval-e Ghureh-ye Mehrian , Madavan-e Sofla , Mehrian , Sarab-e Taveh , Servak , and Tall Khosrow merged with the city of Yasuj. Yasuj has the typical continental-influenced Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csa ) of western Iran, though because of its location in the direct line of rain-bearing winds from the Persian Gulf it is the wettest Iranian city south of
35-668: The early weeks of 330 BC, it was the site of the fierce Battle of the Persian Gate , in which the Macedonian king Alexander the Great faced stiff resistance by the last Achaemenid troops commanded by Ariobarzan . Yasuj Yasuj ( Persian : ياسوج ; [jɒːˈsuːdʒ] ) is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County , Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of
42-650: The province, the county, and the district. Yasuj is an industrial city in the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. The term Yasuj is also used to refer to the entire region. Yasuj has a sugar processing plant. The area of Yasuj had been settled as early as the Bronze Age . Findings include the Martyrs Hills (dating from 3rd millennium BC), the Khosravi Hill from the Achaemenian period ,
49-416: The wet season extending into October, unlike many other Mediterranean climates. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 96,786 in 20,297 households. The following census in 2011 counted 108,505 people in 26,304 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,532 people in 34,850 households. The population of Yasuj in 2016, including some suburban villages,
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