Not to be confused with Ibadan.
"Abadan" redirects here. For other uses, see Abadan (disambiguation).
Ābādān
آبادان
city
Abadan Catalitic facilities.jpg
Ābādān is located in Iran ĀbādānĀbādān
Coordinates: 30°20′21″N 48°18′15″ECoordinates: 30°20′21″N 48°18′15″E
Country Iran
Province Khuzestan
County Abadan
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
• Total 217,988
Time zone IRST (UTC+03:30)
• Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+04:30)
Abadan (Persian: آبادان Ābādān) is a city in and the capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province which is located in central west of Iran. It lies on Abadan Island (68 km or 42 mi long, 3–19 km or 2–12 miles wide, the island is bounded in the west by the Arvand waterway and to the east by the Bahmanshir outlet of the Karun River (the Shatt al-Arab), 53 kilometres (33 mi) from the Persian Gulf,[1] near the Iraqi-Iran border.
