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Qotur (Persian: قطور, also Romanized as Qaţūr and Qoţūr; also known as Ghatoor, Kotur, Kutur, and Qutur)[2] is a township and capital of Qotur District, Qotur Rural District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Following the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, Qatur was handed over from the Ottoman empire to Iran.[3] At the 2006 census, its population was 3,962, in 652 families.[4] Qotur was promoted to city status in 2007.[5] It is adjacent to the Iran–Turkey border and is populated by Kurds of the Shakak tribe.[6][7]

For other places with the same name, see Qatur (disambiguation).
Qatur
قطور
City
Qatur
Coordinates: 38°28′17″N 44°24′31″E
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyKhoy
BakhshQatur
Rural DistrictQatur
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total5,147[1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Climate


Due to its elevation at 1,961m (6,433ft) above sea level, Qatur has a cold and temperate continental mediterranean climate (Köppen: Dsb). Winters are cold and wet while summers are warm and far dryer. The average annual temperature in Qotur is 6.9°C (44.4°F). Precipitation here is about 414mm (16.3in) per year.


References


  1. "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. Qatur can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3080424" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. Bajalan, Djene Rhys (2019). "Kurdish Responses to Imperial Decline: The Kurdish Movement and the End of Ottoman Rule in the Balkans (1878 to 1913)". Kurdish Studies. 7: 51–71. doi:10.33182/ks.v7i1.481. S2CID 195539932.
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  5. Official News Bulletin (in Persian)
  6. Ramazani, Rouhollah K. (1966). The Northern Tier: Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. Van Nostrand. p. 35.
  7. "قطور" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.

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