Shush County () is in

Khuzestan Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...

Province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shush. The ancient city of

Susa Susa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh River, Karkheh and Dez River, Dez Rivers in Iran. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital o ...

is located in Shush County.

History

After the 2006 National Census, the village of Rashg-e Shavur was elevated to city status as Shavur. Saleh Moshatat also rose to the status of a city and was later renamed Fath ol Mobin. In 2019, Shavur District was separated from the county in the establishment of Karkheh County.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 189,793 in 33,313 households. The following census in 2011 counted 202,762 people in 47,304 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 205,720, in 55,194 households.

Administrative divisions

Shush County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Notes

References

External links

* Hamid-Reza Hosseini, ''Shush at the foot of Louvre'' (''Shush dar dāman-e Louvre''), in Persian, Jadid Online, 10 March 2009

* Audio slideshow

(6 min 31 sec). {{Shush County, state=collapsed Shush County Counties of Khuzestan province