Karun County
Karun County is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kut-e Abdollah.Photo: فلورانس, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 106,000 residents
- Description: county in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Karoon county”, “Karoun”, “Karun”, and “Shahrestan-e Karun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pol Siah and درمانگاه بیمارستان امام خمینی.
Pol Siah
Bridge
Photo: Sajjadsoroosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pol-e Siah, or the Black Bridge, in Ahvaz, Iran, is a national heritage site. It was constructed in 1929. Pol Siah is situated 3½ km northwest of Karun County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ahvaz.
Ahvaz
Photo: درفش کاویانی, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ahvaz is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Positioned near the border with Iraq, along the banks of the Karun River, Ahvaz serves as a key industrial and transportation hub, with a diverse population and a history shaped by its proximity to Iraq and the Persian Gulf.
Karun County
- Categories: county of Iran and locality
- Location: Khuzestan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.3133° or 31° 18′ 48″ northLongitude
48.713° or 48° 42′ 47″ eastPopulation
106,000Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8H3C8P77+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 5903243843OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11963434Wikidata ID
Q5962331
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Satellite Map
Discover Karun County from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Karun County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كارون”
- Central Kurdish: “شارستانی کاروون”
- Chechen: “Карун”
- Chinese: “Karun Kūn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شهر كارون”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعه كارون”
- French: “comté de Karoon”
- French: “Karoon”
- French: “préfecture de Karoon”
- French: “Préfecture de Karoon”
- German: “Karun (Verwaltungsbezirk)”
- German: “Karun”
- Hungarian: “Kárun megye”
- Irish: “Contae Karoon”
- Italian: “shahrestān di Karoon”
- Italian: “Shahrestān di Karun”
- Kurdish: “Karûn (şaristan)”
- Kurdish: “Karûn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Karun Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان کارون”
- Pushto: “کارون ولسوالي”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Karunski okrug”
- South Azerbaijani: “کارون بؤلگهسی”
- Swedish: “Karun”
- Tajik: “Шаҳристони Корун”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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