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Ahvāz (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 17 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.2833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 048 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 48.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Central Khūzestān province; collapse of a river dam almost demolished the town in 19th cen.; revived with the discovery of oil in the province in 20th cen.; was damaged by Iraqi bombs during Iran-Iraq War in 1980; linked with Tehrān by air. |
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| Ahvāz (preferred,C,V,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Ahvaz (C,V)
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| Ahwaz (C,O)
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| Ahwāz (C,O)
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| Bandar-e Nāşer (C,U)
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| Bandar Nāsirī (C,U)
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| Nāşerī (C,U)
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| Nāsiri (C,U)
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| اهواز (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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| Hormuzd Ardashīr (H,V)
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............ | named by King Ardashīr I, 3rd cen. |
| Sūq al-Ahwāz (H,O)
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............ | renamed by Muslim Arabs, 7th cen. |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Ahvāz (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important medieval Arab trading center; expanded rapidly in 20th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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Jundi Shapūr University established 1955 |
| regional capital (C) |
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