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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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Karkheh
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Shavur
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Shavur ( fa, شاوور),
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 of
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 ...
,
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 ...
province,
Iran.
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 ...
of
Shush County.
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.
References
Cities in Khuzestan Province
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