Ahvaz

Ahvaz is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, province, , serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Positioned near the border with , 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 and the .
  • City with about 1,180,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code AWZ
  • Description: city in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Also known as
    “Ahwāz”
    “Al-Ahvaz”
    “Bandar Nāsirī”
    “Bandar-e Nāşer”
    “Nāşerī”
    “Nāsiri”

Places of Interest

Discover Ahvaz railway station and Pol Siah.
Railway station
is located in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province.
Pol-e Siah, or the Black Bridge, in Ahvaz, , is a national heritage site.
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Latitude
31.3231° or 31° 19′ 23″ north
Longitude
48.6793° or 48° 40′ 46″ east
UN/LOCODE
IR AWZ
Open location code
8H3C8MFH+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ahvaz” goes by many names.
AhvazAfrikaans
إقليم الأهوازArabic
احوازArabic
الأحـوازArabic
الأحــوازArabic
الأهوازArabic
الاحوازArabic
اهوازArabic
مدن الأحوازArabic
مدينة الأحوازArabic
مدينة الأهوازArabic
ԱխվազArmenian
ԱհվազArmenian
АхӀвазAvaric
ƏhvazAzerbaijani
AhwazBasque
АхвазBelarusian
আহওয়াজBengali
আহবাজBengali
АхвазBulgarian
AhvazCatalan
AhwazCatalan
Al-AhwazCatalan
AhvazCebuano
ئەھوازCentral Kurdish
АхвазChechen
阿瓦兹Chinese
阿瓦士Chinese
AhvazCroatian
AhvázCzech
AhvazDanish
AhwazDanish
AhvazDutch
AhwazDutch
Al-AhwazDutch
احوازEgyptian Arabic
الاحوازEgyptian Arabic
الاهوازEgyptian Arabic
اهوازEgyptian Arabic
AhvazoEsperanto
AhvāzEstonian
AhvāzFinnish
AhwazFinnish
AhvazGalician
اهوازGalician
ახვაზიGeorgian
აჰვაზიGeorgian
ΑχβάζGreek
AhvazHausa
אהואזHebrew
אהוואזHebrew
אהווזHebrew
अहवाज़Hindi
AhvázHungarian
AhvazIndonesian
AhwazIndonesian
AhvazIrish
AhvazItalian
AhwazItalian
アフヴァーズJapanese
アフワズJapanese
ಅಹ್ವಾಸ್Kannada
ÁhwazKara-Kalpak
AxvazKara-Kalpak
اہوازKashmiri
AxvazKazakh
АхвазKazakh
احۆازKazakh
АхвазKirghiz
Ахваз шаарыKirghiz
아바즈Korean
EhvazKurdish
ئەهڤازKurdish
VasetumLatin
AhvāzaLatvian
AchvazasLithuanian
AhvazasLithuanian
AhvazMalagasy
AhvazMalay
അഹ്വാസ്Malayalam
AhvazMaori
اهوازMazanderani
الأهوازMesopotamian Arabic
AhvazMin Nan Chinese
აჰვაზიMingrelian
الأهوازNorth Levantine Arabic
AhvazNorthern Frisian
AhwaazNorthern Frisian
AhvazNorwegian
AhvazNorwegian Bokmål
ࡀࡄࡅࡀࡆOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
АхвазOssetian
ਅਹਵਾਜ਼Panjabi
اهوازPersian
تاریاناPersian
داراوشیرPersian
کلانشهر اهوازPersian
هرمزد اردشیرPersian
AhwazPolish
AhvāzQuechua
AhwadQuechua
AhvazRomanian
АхвазRussian
АхвасRussian
AhvazScots
АхвазSerbian
AhvazSerbo-Croatian
AhwazSilesian
AhvazSlovenian
اهوازSouth Azerbaijani
AhvazSwedish
AhvazTagalog
AhwazTagalog
AhvozTajik
АҳвозTajik
அகுவாசுTamil
ஆக்வாசுTamil
ӘһвазTatar
แอฮ์วอซThai
ཨཱ་ཝཛ།Tibetan
AhvazTurkish
AhwazTurkmen
АхвазUkrainian
اہوازUrdu
AhvozUzbek
AhvazVenetian
AhvazVietnamese
AhvazWaray (Philippines)
AhwazWaray (Philippines)
اہوازWestern Panjabi
AhvazWolof
阿瓦士Wu Chinese
阿華士Yue Chinese

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