Southwestern Iran

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of . The province lies in the southwest of the country, with an area of 16,332 square kilometers.
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is a city in the Central District of 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, serves as a key industrial and transportation hub, with a diverse population and a history shaped by its proximity to and the .

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is a city of 230,000 people in Khuzestan, in the southwest of Iran. It is a port city and oil refining center. During the 1980 Iran-Iraq war, the city was emptied of people and heavily damaged.

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is an area in Khuzestan, . Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran. is listed in UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Shahr-e Kord is a city in the Central District of County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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is a city in the Central District of County, , serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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is a city in the Central District of County, , , serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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is in Khuzestan province and is one of the oldest cities in . It has many historical and architectural wonders.

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Masjed Soleyman is a city in the Central District of Masjed Soleyman County, , serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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is a city in the Central District of County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. has mines of rocks and minerals.

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is a small town of just over 50,000 people in Khuzestan, which is the site of the ancient city of Susa.

Southwestern Iran

  • Type: State with 948,000 residents
  • Description: province of Iran
  • Also known as: “Bakhtiyari va Chahar Mahal”, “Cahâr-Mahâl and Baxtiyâri”, “Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī”, “Chahār Maḩall va Bakhtīārī”, “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”, “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province”, “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province”, “Chaharmahal Bakhtiri”, “Farmandari-Kol Bakhtiari va Chaharmahal”, “Governorship of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyar”, “Ostān-e Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī”, and “Ostān-e Chahār Maḩāll va Bakhtīārī”
  • Neighbors: and
  • Categories: province of Iran and locality
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
32.0163° or 32° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude of center
50.6857° or 50° 41′ 9″ east
Population
948,000
Elevation
2,754 metres (9,035 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 486319228
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
139677
Wiki­data ID
Q171702
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Southwestern Iran” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጫሃርማሃል እና ባክህታሪ”
  • Arabic: “تشهارمحال وبختياري”
  • Arabic: “جهارمحال وبختياري”
  • Arabic: “جهارمحل وبختیاري”
  • Arabic: “چهارمحل وبختیاري”
  • Arabic: “محافظة چهارمحل و بختیاري”
  • Arabic: “محافظة چهارمحل و بختیاری”
  • Arabic: “محافظة چهارمحل وبختیاري”
  • Armenian: “Չհարմահալ և Բախտիարի”
  • Asturian: “Chahar Mahal y Bajtiarí”
  • Avaric: “ЧагьармахӀал ва Бахтиария”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çahar-Mahal və Bəxtiyari ostanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çahar-Mahal və Bəxtiyari”
  • Basque: “Chahar eta Bakhtiari”
  • Basque: “Txahar Mahal eta Bakhtiari”
  • Belarusian: “Астан Чахармахаль і Бахціярыя”
  • Belarusian: “Чармахаль і Бахціярыя”
  • Belarusian: “Чахармахаль і Бахціярыя”
  • Bengali: “چهارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Bengali: “চাহর-মাহাল ও বাখতেয়রি প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “চাহার-মহল ও বাখতিয়ারি প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Чахар Махал и Бахтияри”
  • Catalan: “Chahar Mahall i Bakhtiari”
  • Cebuano: “Cahārmahāl o Baxtiyāri”
  • Cebuano: “Chaharmahal o Bakhtiyari”
  • Cebuano: “Chahārmahāl o Bakhtiyāri”
  • Cebuano: “Chaharmahal ug Bakhtiyari”
  • Cebuano: “Chahārmahāl ug Bakhtiyāri”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای چوارمەحاڵ و بەختیاری”
  • Chechen: “Чехармехаль а, Бахтиари а”
  • Chechen: “Чехармехаль а”
  • Chinese: “Chaharmahal kap Bakhtiari Séng”
  • Chinese: “恰哈尔马哈勒和巴赫蒂亚里省”
  • Chinese: “恰哈爾馬哈勒和巴赫蒂亞里省”
  • Chinese: “恰哈馬哈勒－巴赫蒂亞里”
  • Chinese: “恰哈馬哈勒－巴赫蒂亞里省”
  • Chinese: “恰哈马哈勒－巴赫蒂亚里省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çaharmahal ve Bahtiyari ostanı”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çaharmahal ve Bahtiyariy ostanı”
  • Croatian: “Čahar Mahal i Bahtijari”
  • Croatian: “Čahar-Mahal i Bahtijari”
  • Czech: “Čahármahál a Bachtijárí”
  • Danish: “Chahar Mahaal og Bakhtiari”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çeharmehal u Bextıyari”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çeharmehal û Bextıyari”
  • Dutch: “Chahar Mahaal en Bakhtiari”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشهار محال ڤبختيارى”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉahar Mahal kaj Baĥtijari”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉahar-Mahalo kaj Baĥtijario”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ĉahar Mahal kaj Baĥtijari”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ĉahar-Mahalo kaj Baĥtijario”
  • Estonian: “Chahār Maḩāll ja Bakhtīārī”
  • Estonian: “Chahār Maḩāll va Bakhtīārī provints”
  • Estonian: “Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari”
  • Estonian: “Chahār Maḩāll va Bakhtīārī”
  • Finnish: “Chahār Mahāl ja Bakhtīārī”
  • French: “Chahar Mahaal et Bakhtiari”
  • French: “Chahar Mahaal O Bakhtiari”
  • French: “Chahar Mahaal-o-Bakhtiari”
  • French: “Province du Tchaharmahal-et-Bakhtiari”
  • French: “Tchaharmahal et Bakhtiari”
  • Georgian: “ჩახარ-მახალი და ბახთიარია”
  • Georgian: “ჩაჰარ-მაჰალი და ბახთიარიის ოსტანი”
  • German: “Chahar Mahaal und Bakhtiari”
  • German: “Tschahar Mahaal und Bachtiari”
  • German: “Tschahar Mahaal und Bachtiyari”
  • German: “Tschahar Mahal und Bachtiyari”
  • German: “Tschahār Mahāl und Bachtiyāri”
  • German: “Tschahār Mahāl und Bachtiyārī”
  • Gilaki: “چارمحال ؤ بختياري اۊستان”
  • Gilaki: “چهارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Greek: “Τσαχαρμαχάλ και Μπαχτιαρί”
  • Gujarati: “ચાહરમહલ એન્ડ બખ્તિઆરી પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chaharmahal lâu Bakhtiari-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khap-hâ-mâ-hâ-le̍t lâu Pâ-het-tì-â-lî-sén”
  • Hausa: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Hebrew: “צ’הארמחאל ובח’תיארי”
  • Hindi: “चहरमहल और बख़्तियारी प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “चहार्महाल और बाख़्तियारी प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “चारमहाल और बख़्तियारी”
  • Hindi: “चाहर महल और बाख़्तियारी प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Csahármahál és Bahtijári tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “Csahármahál és Bahtijári”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Chaharmahal dan Bakhtiari”
  • Italian: “Chahar Mahal e Bakhtiari”
  • Italian: “provincia di Chahar Mahal e Bakhtiari”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Chahar Mahal e Bakhtiari”
  • Japanese: “チャハール=マハール・バフティヤーリー”
  • Japanese: “チャハール＝マハール・バフティヤーリー州”
  • Japanese: “チャハールマハール・バフティヤーリー州”
  • Javanese: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Kannada: “ಚಹರ್ಮಹಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಬಖ್ತರಿ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Kirghiz: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Korean: “차하르마할에바흐티아리주”
  • Kurdish: “Çarmihal û Bextiyarî”
  • Kurdish: “Çehar Mehal û Bextiyarî”
  • Kurdish: “Çeharmehal û Bextiyarî”
  • Kurdish: “چارمهالئوو بەختیاری”
  • Latin: “Chaharmahal et Bakhtiari”
  • Latvian: “Čahārmahāla un Bahtijārī”
  • Latvian: “Čeharmehāla un Bahtiārija”
  • Lithuanian: “Čaharmahal ir Bachtiari provinciją”
  • Lithuanian: “Čeharmehalio ir Bachtiarijos provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Čeharmehalis ir Bachtiarija”
  • Lithuanian: “Čeharmehalis ir Bahtiarija”
  • Macedonian: “Чахар Махал и Бахтијари”
  • Malagasy: “Faritanin‘ i Chaharmahal sy Bakhtiari”
  • Malagasy: “Faritanin’ i Chaharmahal sy Bakhtiari”
  • Malay: “Chaharmahal dan Bakhtiari”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Chaharmahal dan Bakhtiari”
  • Malayalam: “ചാഹർമഹൽ, ബഖ്തിയാരി പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Malayalam: “ചാഹർമഹൽ”
  • Maori: “Chaharmahaal me Bakhtiari Porowini”
  • Marathi: “चहर्महल अँड बख्तीरी प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “چارمحال و بختیاری اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chaharmahal kap Bakhtiari Séng”
  • Newari: “चहार्महाल व बाख़्तियारी प्रान्त”
  • Newari: “चारमहल व बख्तियारी प्रान्त”
  • Newari: “चाहार-महल व बाखतियारी प्रान्त”
  • Newari: “छारमहाल व बख़तीआरी प्रान्त”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chahar Mahaal an Bakhtiari”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tschahaar Mahaal an Bachtijaari”
  • Northern Luri: “آستوٙن چارمالئ بأختیاری”
  • Northern Sami: “Čahar-Mahaal ja Bakhtiari provinsa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chahar Mahaal og Bakhtiari”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chahar Mahaal og Bakhtiari”
  • Norwegian: “Chahar Mahaal og Bakhtiari”
  • Oromo: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Ossetian: “Чехармехаль æмæ Бахтиари”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਹਾਰਮਹਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਖਤਿਆਰੀ”
  • Persian: “استان بختیاری و چهارمحال”
  • Persian: “استان چهار محال بختیاری”
  • Persian: “استان چهار محال و بختياری”
  • Persian: “استان چهار محال و بختیاری”
  • Persian: “استان چهارمحال بختیاری”
  • Persian: “استان چهارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Persian: “بختیاری و چهارمحال”
  • Persian: “چهار محال بختیاری”
  • Persian: “چهار محال و بختياری”
  • Persian: “چهار محال و بختیاری”
  • Persian: “چهارمحال بختیاری”
  • Persian: “چهارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Persian: “چهارمحال”
  • Polish: “Bachtjari”
  • Polish: “Czahar Mahal wa Bachtijari”
  • Portuguese: “Chaarmaal e Bactiari”
  • Portuguese: “Chahar Mahaal e Bakhtiari”
  • Pushto: “چار محل و بختياري”
  • Pushto: “چهارمحال او بختياري ولایت”
  • Russian: “Чехармехаль и Бахтиария”
  • Scots: “Chaharmahal an Bakhtiari Province”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Чахар Махал и Бактијари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čahar-Mahal i Bahtijari”
  • Sinhala: “චහර්මහල් සහ බක්ටියරි පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Čahar Mahal in Bahtijari”
  • Somali: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چاهارماحال و بختیاری اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Chahar y Bajtiari”
  • Spanish: “Chahar y Bakhtiari”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Chahar Mahal y Bajtiarí”
  • Swahili: “Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari”
  • Swedish: “Chahar Mahal och Bakhtiari”
  • Tajik: “Ustoni Cahormaholu Baxtijorī”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаҳормаҳол ва Бахтиёри”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаҳормаҳол ва Бахтиёрӣ”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаҳормаҳол у Бахтиёрӣ”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаҳормаҳолу Бахтиёрӣ”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаһормаһол у Бахтиёри”
  • Tajik: “Устони Чаһормаһол у Бахтиёрӣ”
  • Tamil: “சகார் மகாலும் பகுதியாரியும் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “சஹ்ரமஹால் அண்ட் பாக்ஹ்டிரி மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Чәһармәхал вә Бәхтияри”
  • Telugu: “చాహర్మహల్ మరియు బఖ్తియారి ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “చాహర్మహల్ మరియు బఖ్తియారి రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดแชฮอร์แมฮอลและแบฆทียอรี”
  • Turkish: “Çaharmahal ve Bahtiyari Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Çaharmahal ve Bahtiyari”
  • Ukrainian: “Чахармахал і Бахтиарі”
  • Ukrainian: “Чехармехаль і Бахтиарія”
  • Ukrainian: “Чехармехаль і Бахтіарія”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ چہارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Uzbek: “Chahormahol va Baxtiyoriy ustoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Chaharmahal và Bakhtiari”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chahar Mahaal ngan Bakhtiari”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chaharmahal ngan Bakhtiari”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ چہارمحال و بختیاری”
  • Wu Chinese: “恰哈马哈勒－巴赫蒂亚里省”
  • Yue Chinese: “恰哈馬哈勒－巴赫蒂亞里省”

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