Mared ( fa, مارد, also
Romanize
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d as Māred, Mārad, Mārd, and Mārid) is a village in
Howmeh-ye Sharqi Rural District, in the
Central District of
Khorramshahr County
Khorramshahr County ( fa, شهرستان خرمشهر) is located in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ...
,
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
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 32, in 9 families.
Iraqi army personnel crossed the
Karun
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 people, Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tribut ...
river at Mared on October 9, 1980 as part of an attempted flanking operation during the
Iran–Iraq War
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.
References
Populated places in Khorramshahr County
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