Susangerd ( fa, سوسنگرد also

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d as Sūsangird or Sūsangurd), also known as al-Khafājiyah ( ar, الخفاجية), Dasht-e Āzādegān ( fa, دشت آزادگان) or Dasht-i-Mishān ( fa, دشت میشان), is a city in the Central District of

Dasht-e Azadegan County Dasht-e Azadegan County ( fa, شهرستان دشت آزادگان) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Susangerd. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 126,865 in 22,021 households. Retrieved 31 ...

, Khuzestan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 43,591, in 7,636 families. The population of Susangerd is more than 120.000 people, and the vast majority of its inhabitants are

Khuzestani Arab Iranian Arabs ( ar, عرب إيران ''ʿArab Īrān''; fa, عرب‌های ايران ''Arabhāye Irān'') are the Arab inhabitants of Iran who speak Arabic as their native language. In 2008, Iranian Arabs comprised about 1.6 million people ...

people. Susangerd is considered among the famous cities of Iran due to Iran-Iraq war and also because of liberation of Susangerd (from the siege of Iraqi forces). On July 21, 2021, protests triggered by the severe shortage of water in the region occurred in Susangerd alongside multiple other cities, among them Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shushtar and Ahvaz.

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Populated places in Dasht-e Azadegan County Cities in Khuzestan Province {{DashtAzadegan-geo-stub

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