Bandar-e Mahshahr

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Māhschahr, Mah Shahr or Māhshahr (Persian ماهشهر; ماهشهر Arabic ) is a port city in the Iranian province of Khuzestan near the border with Iraq. Māhschahr lies between the cities of Abadan and Ahvaz and is 1035 km from the state capital Tehran away.

Name

The name Māhschahr is made up of the words and Mah Shahr. The word comes from the book Avesta mAh for " moon ". Shahr is the Old Persian word for " city " or "country". So Māhschahr can be translated as "City of the Moon". Prior to the change of name in 1965 in Bandar -e Mahschahr the city Machuleh or Māhrouyan was called and later under the name of Bandar -e Ma'schoor ( Bandar is in Persian for the port ) is known.

Population

The majority of the population ( about 45 %) consists of Shiite Arabs. Therefore, the vernacular is equally out of the Persian Farsi, Arabic, and a mixture of both languages ​​, Arabic Chuzestani - the so-called. The latter is spoken by the majority. In addition, living in Māhschahr Lurs (40 %) Persians ( 10%) and other Iranian ethnic groups ( 5%), who were settled after the Iran -Iraq war of the government there.

Climate

The average temperature in the course of a year is approximately 25 to 30 degrees Celsius, and up to 50 degrees can be achieved during the summer.

Economy and infrastructure

Ports

In and around Bandar -e Mahschahr has several of the most important ports of Iran, for example, Bandar- e Imam Khomeini. The port of Bandar -e Mahschahr is one of the most important ports in Iran, are exported from the gas and oil from the largest refinery in the country in Abadan. Abadan is 95 km from Bandar -e Mahschahr entfehrt and is the center of the Iranian oil industry with one of the largest refineries in the world.

Universities

In Mahschahr there are two universities: The Islamic Azad University and Amir Kabir University of Technology Also located in the city of Mahschahr campus as well as several training centers of the Revolutionary Guards and the army, as the Darvish Training Center ( Ahvaz / Mahschahr ) and the Crate Camp the Pasdaran.