Middle East
Iran
Khuzestan

Shushtar

Shushtar is in province and is one of the oldest cities in . It has many historical and architectural wonders.
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  • Type: Town with 102,000 residents
  • Description: city in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Shooshtar”, “Shūstar”, and “Toustar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System and Salasel Castle.

Photo: درفش کاویانی, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a complex irrigation system of the island city Shushtar from the Sasanian era. It consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system.

Archaeological site
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, is a historical fortress and World Heritage Site. It's part of , located in the island city Shushtar, Khouzestan, from the achaemenid era.

Mosque
Photo: درفش کاویانی, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of Shushtar is a Friday mosque located in Shushtar, in the province of Khuzestan, . The mosque was completed during the Abbasid Caliphate of Hasan al-Askari, who ruled during the 9th century CE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pirdalu.

Village
is a village in Shahid Modarres Rural District of the Central District of Shushtar County, province, .

Shushtar

Latitude
32.0492° or 32° 2′ 57″ north
Longitude
48.8513° or 48° 51′ 5″ east
Population
102,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
8H4C2VX2+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5922679170
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
114584
Wiki­data ID
Q643386
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shushtar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تستر”
  • Arabic: “شوشتر”
  • Armenian: “Շուշթարում”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şuştər”
  • Belarusian: “Шуштэр (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Шуштэр”
  • Bengali: “শুশথার”
  • Catalan: “Shushtar”
  • Catalan: “Tustar”
  • Catalan: “Xuixtar”
  • Catalan: “Xushtar”
  • Cebuano: “Shūshtar”
  • Central Kurdish: “شووشتەر”
  • Chinese: “Shushtar”
  • Chinese: “舒什塔尔”
  • Chinese: “舒什塔爾”
  • Czech: “Šúštar”
  • Dutch: “Shushtar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شوشتر”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝuŝtar”
  • French: “Chouchtar”
  • French: “Shushtar”
  • German: “Schuschtar”
  • German: “Shushtar”
  • Hebrew: “שושתר”
  • Hindi: “शूश्तार”
  • Hungarian: “Sustar”
  • Indonesian: “Shushtar”
  • Indonesian: “Tustar”
  • Irish: “Shushtar”
  • Italian: “Sciuscetar”
  • Italian: “Shushtar”
  • Japanese: “シューシュタル”
  • Japanese: “シューシュタルの歴史的水利施設”
  • Korean: “슈슈타르”
  • Kurdish: “Şuşter”
  • Lithuanian: “Šuštaras”
  • Malagasy: “Shushtar”
  • Malay: “Shushtar”
  • Mazanderani: “شوشتر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shushtar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shushtar”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ࡔࡅࡔࡕࡀࡓ”
  • Persian: “تستر”
  • Persian: “شوشتر”
  • Polish: “Szusztar”
  • Russian: “Шуштар”
  • Russian: “Шуштер”
  • Russian: “Шуштэр”
  • Serbian: “Шуштар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šuštar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شوشتر”
  • Spanish: “Shushtar”
  • Swedish: “Shushtar”
  • Swedish: “Shūshtar”
  • Tajik: “Şūştar”
  • Tajik: “Шӯштар”
  • Tamil: “சூசட்டர்”
  • Tamil: “சூசுத்தர்”
  • Tatar: “Шуштәр”
  • Thai: “ชูชแทร์”
  • Turkish: “Shushtar”
  • Turkish: “Şuştar”
  • Turkish: “Şuşter”
  • Turkish: “Şüşter”
  • Ukrainian: “Шуштар”
  • Urdu: “شوشتر”
  • Uzbek: “Shushtar”
  • Venetian: “Shushtar”
  • Vietnamese: “Shushtar”
  • Western Panjabi: “شوشتر”

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