Khuzestan province

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Khuzestan province ([xuːzest̪ʰɒːn] ; Persian: استان خوزستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. An extension of the Mesopotamian Plain, it is located in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and covering an area of 64,055 square kilometres (24,732 mi2). Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. The provincial capital was moved from Shoushtar to Ahvaz in 1924. Since 2014, the province has been part of Iran's Region 4. Khuzestan comprises much of what historians refer to as ancient Elam, whose capital was at Susa. It was once one of the most important regions in the Ancient Near East. In modern Iran, there has been episodic conflict between the province's Arab population and the central government. Iraq invaded Khuzestan in 1980, and the invasion was reversed at the Battle of Khorramshahr in 1982. Containing Iran's largest oil field, it is a key strategic province.

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