Location and Roads
Ahwaz located 120 km north-east of Abadan and is accessible via following routes in addition of a single runway airport:
- Tehran-Khorramshahr national railway
- Ahwaz-Abadan expressway (145 km)
- Ahwaz-Andimeshk (152 km) expressway
- Ahwaz-Bandar Imam Khomeini freeway (175 km).
Ahwaz being the largest city in the province consists of two distinctive districts: the newer part of Ahwaz, the administrative and industrial center, has been built on the right bank of the Karun while residential areas are found in the old section of the city, on the left bank.
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