Abadan, Iran

Abadan
Persian: آبادان
City
Ābādān
Abadan is located in Iran
Abadan
Abadan
Location in Iran and Asia
Abadan is located in Persian Gulf
Abadan
Abadan
Abadan (Persian Gulf)
Coordinates: 30°20′49″N 48°16′57″E / 30.34694°N 48.28250°E / 30.34694; 48.28250[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceKhuzestan
CountyAbadan
DistrictCentral
Government
 • MayorYasin Kavehpour[2]
Area
 • Land1,275 km2 (492 sq mi)
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total231,476
 • Population Rank in Iran
40th
DemonymAbadani (en)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code(+98) 061
ClimateBSk
Websitewww.abadan.ir/fa

Abadan (Persian: آبادان; pronounced [ʔɒːbɒːˈdɒːn])[a] is a city in the Central District of Abadan County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] 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,[5] near the Iran–Iraq border. Abadan is 140 km from the provincial capital city of Ahvaz.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (20 July 2023). "Abadan, Abadan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ شهردار آبادان انتخاب شد irna.ir (in Persian)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan. "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Khuzestan province, centered in the city of Ahvaz". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ Hoiberg 2010, p. 6


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