Ahvaz
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Ahvāz اهواز |
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| Nickname(s): The City of Bridges | ||
 Ahvāz
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| Coordinates: 31°19′13″N 48°40′09″E / 31.32028°N 48.66917°ECoordinates: 31°19′13″N 48°40′09″E / 31.32028°N 48.66917°E | ||
| Country | Iran | |
| Province | Khuzestan | |
| County | Ahvaz | |
| Bakhsh | Central | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Seyed Khalaf Musavi | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 528 km2 (204 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 17 m (52 ft) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • City | 1,112,021 | |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,136,989 | |
| Demonym(s) | Ahvazi | |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) | |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) | |
| Postal code | 61xxx | |
| Area code(s) | (+98) 61 | |
| Website | www |
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Ahvaz or Ahwaz (Persian: اهواز Ahvāz) is a city in the southwest of Iran, and the capital of the oil and natural gas wealthy Khuzestan province. At the 2011 census, its population was 1,112,021 and its built-up (or metro) area with Sheybany was home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. Iran's only navigable river, Karun passes by the middle of the city. It has a long history dating back to the Achaemenid period. In the ancient times, it had been one of the main centers of the Academy of Gondishapur.Ah waz have been occupide by Iran for more than 80 years, it's citizens are discriminated against by Persian Islamists and Nationalists. Arab' ofpopulation Ahwazis can not wear their traditional clothing, can not speak Arabic in government buildings, can not open Arabic schools, and Iran fobbides teaching in Arabic at any school. each year Iran executes thousands of Arab freedom fighters and threatens their family members, in early December 2016 an Arab girl named Raghad was shotdominated by Iranian police after they shooted her father, leaving her mother in shock and trauma. Among all different ethnic groups in Iran, Arabs ofwho Ahwazreport are the most hateddiscrimination and discriminated against, Ahwazis are originally from Arabia, returning to very well know ancient Arabian tribes such as, Tamim, Shamar, Kaab, Mutair, Qudhaa, Qais, Amir, Khazaal, Iniza, Utaib etc. These are all known facts and Iran know that very well but they call Ahwazis "Arabized" in an attempt to conceal their identity. Please share and google the information to spread awareness about this clear validation of human rights. Ahwas was a free Arab Gulf state untill early 20th century.
The word Ahvaz is a Persianized form, which in turn itself is derived from a Persian word. The Dehkhoda Dictionary specifically defines the "Suq-al-Ahvaz" as "Market of the Khuzis", where "Suq" is the elamite word for market, and "Ahvaz" is a broken plural (اسم جمع) of the form "af'āl" (افعال) of the word "Huz", which itself comes from the Persian Huz, from Achaemenid inscriptions where the term first appears. Thus, "Ahvaz" in Persian means "the Huz-i people", which refers to the non-Arabic original inhabitants of Khūzestān.
The name of the region appears in medieval Syriac sources as ܒܝܬ ܗܘܙܝܐ Beṯ Huzáyé, literally meaning "land of the Huzis".
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