The capital of Iran's Khuzestan province, its county and its central district, positioned near the Iraqi border along the Karun River. A key industrial and transportation hub whose population is drawn from Persian, Arab, Qashqai and Kurdish communities, its metropolitan area is home to more than 1.3 million people.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude31.304722 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ahvaz (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_est
1,452,000
Infobox: Population as of
2025
Infobox: area_total_km2
220
Infobox: Elevation (m)
16
Infobox: Coordinates
31.3047°N 48.6783°E
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Ahvaz - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 144448
31.31901 48.6842 P PPLA IR 15 841145 23 Asia/Tehran
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 23 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.25, 48.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.25, 48.75
31.25 48.75 BSh
Wikidata: Ahvaz
- Wikidata Q170366, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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