Khouzestan province is located in southwest of Iran and a strategic position, which is adjacent to Iraq from west. Ahvaz is the capital and largest city of Khuzestan Province. Its area is about 8135.9 square km, equal to 12.78 percent of total area of the province. Also it has population of about 1,338 thounsand,126 which is 31 percent of all the province population. The weather of Ahvaz is dry and tropical. The mean temperature degree in warm weather period is about 31.2. Ahvaz resources and potentials: 1. Rivers: karun is the longest and wateriest river of Iran which has divided Ahvaz to two parts. 2. Commerce and mineral and industrial centers: Industrially, Ahvaz is the vital center of the province. There are food industries, mineral, metallic, and chemical companies and workshops. Agricultural and industrial prosperity has caused commercial prosperity in this area. Various kinds of products such as steel, iron sheet, pipe, profile, industrial pieces, artificial leather, vessels and thermal transformers, iron equipment, oil and different kinds of oil products and agricultural products are being exported. Vital industrial centers such as NIDC, Ramin and Shahid Modhej powerhouse, industrial steel national group, oil and gas companies and many industrial companies are located in Ahvaz. 3. Advanced training: Ahvaz has many large and reputable universities such as Jondishapour, Shahid Chamran and so forth. 4. Agriculture: Ahvaz has got the first rank of animal husbandry in the province, and several complexes of fish farms, also the largest fish farm of Middle Eastern are working in Ahvaz. 5. Free trade area cooperation: A good possibility of having an ideal relationship with Persian Gulf countries and free ports, and being adjacent to free trade zones such as Arvand and Khoramshahr. Currently, there are seven bridges over the karun river that connected the western and eastern parts of the city. These bridges are as follows: 1. Black bridge or railway bridge; 2. White bridge, the first suspended bridge of Iran; 3. Third bridge; 4. Fourth bridge or Salman farsi bridge; 5. Fifth bridge; 6. Sixth bridge or Steel bridge; 7. Seventh bridge; 8. Eighth bridge or cable bridge.
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Khouzestan province is located in southwest of Iran and a strategic position, which is adjacent to Iraq from west. Ahvaz is the capital and largest city of Khuzestan Province. Its area is about 8135.9 square km, equal to 12.78 percent of total area of the province. Also it has population of about 1,338 thounsand,126 which is 31 percent of all the province population. The weather of Ahvaz is dry and tropical. The mean temperature degree in warm weather period is about 31.2. Ahvaz resources and potentials: 1. Rivers: karun is the longest and wateriest river of Iran which has divided Ahvaz to two parts. 2. Commerce and mineral and industrial centers: Industrially, Ahvaz is the vital center of the province. There are food industries, mineral, metallic, and chemical companies and workshops. Agricultural and industrial prosperity has caused commercial prosperity in this area. Various kinds of products such as steel, iron sheet, pipe, profile, industrial pieces, artificial leather, vessels and thermal transformers, iron equipment, oil and different kinds of oil products and agricultural products are being exported. Vital industrial centers such as NIDC, Ramin and Shahid Modhej powerhouse, industrial steel national group, oil and gas companies and many industrial companies are located in Ahvaz. 3. Advanced training: Ahvaz has many large and reputable universities such as Jondishapour, Shahid Chamran and so forth. 4. Agriculture: Ahvaz has got the first rank of animal husbandry in the province, and several complexes of fish farms, also the largest fish farm of Middle Eastern are working in Ahvaz. 5. Free trade area cooperation: A good possibility of having an ideal relationship with Persian Gulf countries and free ports, and being adjacent to free trade zones such as Arvand and Khoramshahr. Currently, there are seven bridges over the karun river that connected the western and eastern parts of the city. These bridges are as follows: 1. Black bridge or railway bridge; 2. White bridge, the first suspended bridge of Iran; 3. Third bridge; 4. Fourth bridge or Salman farsi bridge; 5. Fifth bridge; 6. Sixth bridge or Steel bridge; 7. Seventh bridge; 8. Eighth bridge or cable bridge.
