Mared ( fa, مارد, also
Romanize
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d as Māred, Mārad, Mārd, and Mārid) is a village in
Howmeh-ye Sharqi Rural District, in the
Central District of
Khorramshahr County
Khorramshahr County ( fa, شهرستان خرمشهر) is located in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ' ...
,
Khuzestan Province
Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it cover ...
,
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 Turkm ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 32, in 9 families.
Iraqi army personnel crossed the
Karun
The Karun ( fa, کارون, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and its only navigable river. It is long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as th ...
river at Mared on October 9, 1980 as part of an attempted flanking operation during the
Iran–Iraq War
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.
References
Populated places in Khorramshahr County
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