Karun County
Karun County is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kut-e Abdollah.- Type: Neighborhood with 106,000 residents
- Description: county in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Karoon county”, “Karoun”, “Karun”, “Shahrestan-e Karun”, and “کارون”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pol Siah and Imam Khomeini Hospital.
Pol Siah
Bridge
Pol Siah, also known as Pol-e Pirouzi, is a railway bridge over the Karun river in Ahvaz, in the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Built during the reign of Reza Shah, it carries a single railway track with a footway on either side and is the oldest modern bridge in the city. Pol Siah is situated 3½ km northwest of Karun County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ahvaz.
Ahvaz
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
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Latitude
31.3133° or 31° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
48.713° or 48° 42′ 47″ east
Population
106,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8H3C8P77+86
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Karun County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كارون”
- Central Kurdish: “شارستانی کاروون”
- Chechen: “Карун (шахӀрестан)”
- 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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