Abadan

Also known as Ābadān

city in Khuzestan Province, Iran

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Abadan is a city located in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran. It is historically significant as a major industrial and port city, though the context provided does not specify additional details about its current importance or characteristics.

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Official name: آبادان
Demonym: абада́нцы
Population: 231476
Elevation: 6
Official website: abadan.ir
Image: Abadan the city of Oil.jpg
Dialing code: 0631

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Commons category: Abadan
native label: آبادان
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male population: 115745
female population: 115731

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Abadan (Persian: آبادان; pronounced [ʔɒːbɒːˈdɒːn]) is a city in the Central District of Abadan County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is in the southwest of the county. It lies on Abadan Island (68 km or 42 mi long, 3–19 km or 2–12 miles wide). The island is bounded in the west by the Arvand waterway and to the east by the Bahmanshir outlet of the Karun River (the Arvand Rood), 53 kilometres (33 mi) from the Persian Gulf, near the Iran–Iraq border. Abadan is 140 km from the provincial capital city of Ahvaz.

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