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Khūzestān (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 049 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 49.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Khūzestān province is located in southwestern Îrān and shares a border with Iraq. In 6000 BCE, people from the Zargos Mountains settled in the region, which eventually became the center of the Elamite kingdom, the capital being Susa. The Elamite kingdom was periodically invaded by the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Sumerians among others, until Ashurbanipal destroyed the kingdom and capital (646-639 BCE). Khūzestān became part of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires, and was controlled by the Arabs from 642. In the 20th century, the region was revitalized with the advent of oil and natural gas production. |
Names: |
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| Khūzestān (preferred,C,V,Persian-Farsi (transliterated))
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| Khūzestān, Ostān-e (C,V)
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| Ostān-e Khūzestān (C,V)
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| Khuzestān (C,V)
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| Khuzestan (C,V,English)
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| Khuzestan (French)
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| Khuzestan (Swedish)
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| Khuzestan (Dutch)
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| Khuzistan (C,V)
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| Ostān-e Khūzestān (C,V,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| 6 (C,U)
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| IR15 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Khoozestan-Lorestan (C,U)
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| Khūzestān va Lorestān Ostān-e (C,U)
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| Ostān-e 6 (C,U)
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| Ostān-e Sheshom (C,U)
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| Ostan of Khoozestan (C,U)
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| Sixth Ostan (C,U)
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| VI (C,U)
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| Xuzestân (C,U)
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| Chuzestan (C,U,German)
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| Ĥuzestano (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Khusistan (C,U,Danish)
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| Khuzestán (C,U,Spanish)
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| Khuzestan Province (C,U,English)
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| Khuzistão (C,U,Portuguese)
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| The 6th Province (C,U,English)
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| Xûzistan (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Устони Хӯзистон (C,U,Tajik)
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| Хузестан (C,U,Russian)
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| استان خوزستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| フーゼスターン州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| محافظة خوزستان (C,U,Arabic)
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| خوزستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| خوزستان (Arabic)
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| Хӯзистон (C,U,Tajik)
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| ʻArabestān (H,V)
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............ | medieval name |
| Arabistan (H,V)
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............ | medieval name |
| Elam (H,O)
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............ | Biblical name |
| Susiana (H,O)
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............ | ancient name |
| Uvja (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Īrān (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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area settled ca. 6000 BCE |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| related to .... |
Elam .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, Īrān) [8698228] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Khūzestān va Lorestān Ostān-e.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3071486-3071486 |
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