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Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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Khuzestan 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 ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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Karkheh The Karkheh or Karkhen کرخه (perhaps the river known as the Gihon—one of the four rivers of Eden/Paradise to the Bible and as the Choaspes in ancient times; also called Eulæus; Hebrew: אולי Ulai) is a river in Khūzestān Province, I ...

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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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Romanized Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

as Shāhūr, Shahvar, and Shāvūr; formerly Rashg-e Shavur (رشگشاوور), Romanized as Rashk-e Shāhūr and Rashk-e Shāhvār; also known as Moslem Ebn-e ‘Aqīl, is a city in, and the capital of,

Shavur District Shavur District ( fa, بخش شاوور) is a district (bakhsh) in Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 62,617, in 9,841 families. The district has two cities: Alvan and Hosseinabad. The district has thr ...

Karkheh County Karkheh County ( fa, شهرستان کرخه) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Alvan. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Shavur District of Shush County Shush County ( fa, شهرست ...

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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 8,344 in 1,294 households, when it was the village of Rashg-e Shavur in

Shavur Rural District Shavur Rural District ( fa, دهستان شاوور) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Shavur District, Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...

Shush County Shush County ( fa, شهرستان شوش) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Shush. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 189,793 in 33,313 households. The following census in 2011 counted 202,7 ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 9,330 people in 2,217 households, by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city and was renamed Shavur. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 8,833 people in 2,438 households. In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Karkheh County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Alvan as its capital.

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Cities in Khuzestan Province {{Khuzestan-geo-stub