Dezful

Dezful (Persian: دزفول, pronounced [dɛzˈfuːl], also Romanized as Dezfūl, Dezfool, and Dīzfūl) is a city in and the capital of Dezful County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 420,000, in 105,000 families. The city houses a bridge that dates back to 300 BC. In 2006, the city had 235,819 inhabitants. The name Dezful has been derived from the two words dezj (fortress)+ pol (bridge), which in combination could stand for 'the bridge to the fortress' or 'fortified bridge'. The original name of the city was Dezjpol, but after the Islamic conquest of Persia, the city was renamed Dezful. The bridge was built during the reign of Shapur I who used Roman prisoners of war to build the bridge. The bridge protected the...