Hendijan [1] ( Pers. هنديجان ) is a city in the south-west of Iran , in the ostan Khuzestan . The administrative center of Shahrestan is Hendijon . For 2006, the population was 25,100 people [2] .
| City | |
| Hendijan | |
|---|---|
| نديجان | |
| A country |  Iran |
| Ostan | Khuzestan |
| Shahrestan | Hendijan |
| History and geography | |
| Center height | 0 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 25,100 people ( 2006 ) |
| Nationalities | Persians , Bakhtiar |
| Denominations | Shiites |
| Official language | Farsi |
| 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2006 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,820 | 22,850 | 22,925 | 25,100 | 25,940 [3] |
Alternative names [4] : Hendijan, Hindian, Hendījān Kūchek .
Geography
The city is located in the southeast of Khuzestan, in the southeastern part of the Khuzestan plain , 15 kilometers from the coast of the Persian Gulf [4] . Hendijan is located approximately 145 kilometers southeast of Ahvaz , the administrative center of Ostan, and 610 kilometers south-west of Tehran , the capital of the country. The Zohra River flows through the city, which divides it into two parts: the northern and the southern, connected by several bridges.
Economy
In the vicinity of the city there is a large oil field of the same name [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Iran. Reference Map (scale 1: 2 500 000). GUGK, 1986.
- ↑ World Gazetteer (English)
- ↑ estimated
- ↑ 1 2 Physical-geographical data (English)
- ↑ Burshtar M. S. Geography and geology of oil and gas of the USSR and foreign countries