Khorramshahr

Khorramshahr (Persian: خرمشهر, also Romanized as Khorramchahre and Khurramshahr; also known as Khorram Shahr Ābādān and Khūnīn Shahr; formerly, Al-Muhammarah, Mohammerah, and Muhammerah) is a city in and the capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123,866, in 26,385 families. Khorramshahr is a port city located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Abadan. The city extends to the right bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway near its confluence with the Haffar arm of the Karun river. In ancient times, the area where the city exists today was under the waters of the Persian Gulf, before becoming a part of the vast marshlands and the tidal flats at the mouth of the Karun River....