Gachsaran County
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Gachsaran County شهرستان گچساران |
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| Coordinates: 30°20′N 50°45′E / 30.333°N 50.750°ECoordinates: 30°20′N 50°45′E / 30.333°N 50.750°E | |
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 Iran
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| Province | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province |
| Capital | Dogonbadan |
| Bakhsh (Districts) | Central District |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 131,628 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
| Gachsaran County can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9206922" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database". | |
Gachsaran County (Persian: شهرستان گچساران) is a county in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Dogonbadan. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including portions that were split off to form Basht County) was 131,628, in 28,551 families, excluding those portions, the population was 109,458, in 24,242 families.
This county is known as Iran's oil roof because of highest oil tower that exist in this county (Seghalatoun, 3221 feet above sea level) one of the most important and richest areas but more unknown in Iran because of its oil and gas products and it has the second largest (Ahvaz has the first) oil fields of Iran in this county. This county is one of main hearts of energy resources in the world. More than one-quarter of the oil of Iran is exported to all over the world from this county.
This city was named Gonbade malghan or Gonbade maljan in the past and now Dogonbadan and Gachsaran. There were two domes, one to the west and one to the east of the city, so the city was called Do gonbadan "between two domes". The city was rebuilt by British staff of the Darcy oil company about 1927. It is reported that this area was also populated with some British residents who owned houses and vast lands not far from the outskirts of the city.
The Gachsaran Oil & Gas producing company with a distinct geographical situation stretches over provinces of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Fars, Busher, Khuzistan and Isfahan. Total production from about 320 wells is 750,000 bd. The main wells have been drilled at reservoirs of Gach Saran, Bibi Hakimeh, Rag-e-Safid, Pazanan, Gulkhari, Binak, Chilingar, Nargesi, Garangan, Kilur Karim, Sulabedar, Siahmakan, Khaviz, Rudak, Zaaeh, Chahr Bisheh and Kuh-e-kaki.
Out of these regions Gachsaran Reservoir with 500,000 bd and Siahmakan with 4000bd have the highest and lowest production rates respectively.
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