Central District (Abadan County)
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The Central District of Abadan County is a district (bakhsh
) in Abadan County
, Khuzestan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 250,116, in 53,940 families. The District has one city: Abadan
.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Abadan County
Abadan County
Abadan County is a county in Khuzestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Abadan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 275,126, in 58,870 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Arvandkenar District. The county has two cities: Abadan...
, Khuzestan Province
Khuzestan Province
Khuzestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq's Basra Province and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahwaz and covers an area of 63,238 km²...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 250,116, in 53,940 families. The District has one city: Abadan
Abadan
Abadan is a city in and the capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. It lies on Abadan Island , from the Persian Gulf, near the Iraqi-Iran border. The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran–Iraq War. In 1992, only 84,774 had returned to live...
.