Gotvand ( fa, گتوند) is a city and capital of

Gotvand County Gotvand County ( fa, شهرستان گتوند) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Gotvand Gotvand ( fa, گتوند) is a city and capital of Gotvand County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 censu ...

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,428, in 4,422 families. Gotvand holds share-record for highest temperature recorded in Iran with on July 17, 2014, tying the record set at

Dehloran Dehloran ( fa, دهلران; also Romanized as Dehlorān) is a city in and the capital of Dehloran County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,602, in 5,787 families. The city lies along Road 64, near the Iraqi border. ...

in July 2011. The Lower and

Upper Gotvand Dam Upper Gotvand Dam, or simply the Gotvand Dam, is an embankment dam on the Karun River about northeast of Gotvand in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It currently has an installed capacity of 1,000 MW with another 1,000 MW in the works for a second p ...

s are located northeast of the city on the

Karun River The Karun ( fa, کارون, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and its only navigable river. It is long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as t ...

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Populated places in Gotvand County Cities in Khuzestan Province {{Gotvand-geo-stub