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Iran's Cities > Ahvaz |
Khuzestan Province
Capital: Ahwaz
Area: 67,132 km2
Population: Approx 3.8 million
 The province of Khuzestan, in the south west of Iran, is
probably best known for its oil, but the vast swampy
Khuzestan plain is also an important agricultural area
where dates, wheat, tomatoes and citrus fruits somehow
flourish.
The province was once part Of the large kingdom of Elam
and contained cities built during the dynasties of the
Parthian (190 BC-224 AD) and Sassanians (224-637).
 The largest man-made structure in Iran is the Ziggurat
of Chogha Zanbil built about 1250 B.C. by the Elamite
king, Untash-Galm as the focal point of his pilgrimage
and ceremonial center of Dur Untashi. This massive
temple and tomb complex, located eighteen miles
southeast of Shush (Susa), recreates on the flat plain
the traditional awe man has always had for the mountain
as a sacred place. |
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