Central District (Mahshahr County)

The Central District of Mahshahr County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان ماهشهر‎) is a district (bakhsh) in Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 179,804, in 38,469 families.[1] The District has two cities: Bandar-e Mahshahr and Chamran. The District has one rural district (dehestan): Jarahi Rural District. Bandar-e Mahshahr is an ancient city and port in the Khuzestan province in south-western Iran. Originally known as Reyshahr and then Machuleh, it eventually came to be known as Bandar-e Ma'shoor. The name changed again in 1965, this time to Bandar-e Mah Shahr. The word Mah-shahr is Persian and means "city of the moon".

References
  1. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

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