Hoveyzeh County ( fa, شهرستان هویزه,
Arabic:مقاطعة الحويزة) is located in
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 cover ...
province,
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 ...
. The capital of the county is
Hoveyzeh
Hoveyzeh ( fa, هویزه; ar, الهويزة also romanized as Huwaiza, Havizeh, Hawiza, Hawīzeh, Hovayze, and Hovayzeh; also known as Hūzgān or Khūzgān) is a city and capital of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 censu ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of
Dasht-e Azadegan County
Dasht-e Azadegan County ( fa, شهرستان دشت آزادگان) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Susangerd. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 126,865 in 22,021 households. Retrieved 31 ...
was 30,750, in 5,417 households.
[ Retrieved 13 November 2022] It was separated from Dasht-e Azadegan County 2008. The following census in 2011 counted 34,312 people, in 7,600 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 38,886, in 9,449 households.
Hoveyzeh is considered among the famous counties of Iran because of the
Iran-Iraq War. It is located near the border of Iraq and its citizens are considered among
Khuzestani Arab
Iranian Arabs ( ar, عرب إيران ''ʿArab Īrān''; fa, عربهای ايران ''Arabhāye Irān'') are the Arab inhabitants of Iran who speak Arabic as their native language. In 2008, Iranian Arabs comprised about 1.6 million people ...
people.
[Atlas Joghraphiayeh-Hemasi (Epic geography Atlas), Khuzestan Dar Jang (Khuzestan in war)]
Administrative divisions
References
Counties of Khuzestan Province
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