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Khuzestan Province

province of Iran
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Summary

Khuzestan Province is a province of Iran[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of province of iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,412 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iran[3]
  • Country: Iran[4]
  • Capital: Ahvaz[5]
  • Shares border with: Ilam Province[6], Bushehr Province[7], Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province[8], Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province[9], Maysan Governorate[10], Lorestan Province[11], Basra Governorate[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Abadan County[13], Andimeshk County[14], Ahvaz County[15], Izeh County[16], Mahshahr County[17], Behbahan County[18], Khorramshahr County[19], Dezful County[20], Dasht-e Azadegan County[21], Ramhormoz County[22], Shadegan County[23], Shushtar County[24], Masjed Soleyman County[25], Shush County[26]
  • Commons category: Khuzestan Province[27]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:30[28], UTC[29]
  • Local dialing code: 0632422[30]
  • Official website: http://www.ostan-kz.ir[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Khuzestan province[32]
  • Population: 4,710,509[33], 4,531,720[34], 4,274,979[35]
  • Unemployment rate: 9.9 percent[36]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
  • Topic has template: Template:Khuzestan Province[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Khuzestan Province[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Khuzestan Province[41]
  • Native label: استان خوزستان‎‎[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Khuzestan province[43]
  • Different from: Khuzestan[44]
  • Area: 64,055 km²[45]
  • Language used: Southern Kurdish[46], Bakhtiari[47], Neo-Mandaic[48], Dezfuli[49], Southern Luri[50]

Why It Matters

Khuzestan Province has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Related Entities

Iran Karun River Shatt al-Arab

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  31. [33] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . nnt.sci.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+03:30, UTC
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    Topic's main category → Category:Khuzestan province
    Located in time zone → UTC+03:30, UTC
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    Unemployment rate → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+9.9'}
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