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.