Arvandkenar
city in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Arvandkenar (Persian: اروندكنار) is a city in, and the capital of, Arvandkenar District of Abadan County, Khuzestan province, Iran. The city is a port 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Abadan, and has oil reserves. Arvandkenar is the last port of Iran on the Arvand River (Arvand Rud).
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,761 in 1,897 households. The following census in 2011 counted 8,909 people in 2,219 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,173 people in 3,156 households.
“Arvandkenar” enters the record as city in Khuzestan Province, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Arvandkenar, city and Khuzestan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q744176. Authority coordinates are 29.979, 48.521. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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