southwestern Iran

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Southwestern Iran is a historically and geographically significant region of Iran that includes parts of the Zagros Mountains and the Persian Gulf coastal plain, long home to ancient civilizations such as Elam.

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Label Occurrences
southwestern Iran canonical 32
Southwestern Iran 10

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Iran
agriculturalProduct barley
date palms
sugarcane
wheat
borders Persian Gulf
contains Elam
surface form: ancient region of Elam
containsProvince Bushehr Province NERFINISHED
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province NERFINISHED
Fars Province NERFINISHED
Ilam Province
Khuzestan Province NERFINISHED
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province NERFINISHED
Lorestan Province NERFINISHED
country Iran
economicActivity agriculture
petrochemical industry
petroleum extraction
ethnicGroup Arabs
Bakhtiari tribe
surface form: Bakhtiari

Lurs
Persians
geologicalFeature alluvial plains near the Persian Gulf
fold-and-thrust belt of the Zagros Mountains
hasClimate Mediterranean-influenced climate in uplands
arid climate
semi-arid climate
historicallyInhabitedBy Elam
surface form: Elamites
historicalSignificance center of ancient Elamite civilization
important region in Achaemenid Empire
strategic area in Iran–Iraq War
includes Persian Gulf coastal plain
parts of the Zagros Mountains
knownFor large oil reserves
natural gas fields
language Arabic (Khuzestani Arabic and related dialects)
Bakhtiari Luri
surface form: Bakhtiari dialect of Luri

Luri
Persian
locatedIn Middle East
Western Asia
majorCity Abadan
Ahvaz NERFINISHED
Bushehr NERFINISHED
Kermanshah NERFINISHED
Khorramshahr NERFINISHED
Shiraz, Iran
surface form: Shiraz

Yasuj
partOf Iran
traversedBy Dez River NERFINISHED
Karkheh River
Karun River

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Anshan locatedIn southwestern Iran
Persepolis terrace locatedIn southwestern Iran
Susa locatedIn southwestern Iran
Mandaic historicalRegion southwestern Iran
Luri language spokenIn southwestern Iran
Pars locatedIn southwestern Iran
Lurs ethnographicRegion southwestern Iran
Dezfuli dialect region southwestern Iran
Persis locatedIn southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Fars locatedIn southwestern Iran
Parsa locatedIn southwestern Iran
Khuzestan locatedIn southwestern Iran
Ahvaz locatedInRegion southwestern Iran
Karun River locatedIn southwestern Iran
Zand dynasty region southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Yasuj locatedInRegion southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Bushehr locatedInRegion southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan region southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Fars Province locatedIn southwestern Iran
accession of Cyrus the Great associatedWithRegion southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Bakhtiari tribe region southwestern Iran
Shushan locatedIn southwestern Iran
Marvdasht County locatedIn southwestern Iran
Fortress of Tall-e Takht region southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
plain of Morghab locatedIn southwestern Iran
Elam locatedIn southwestern Iran
Susiana locatedIn southwestern Iran
Anshan (Persia) locatedIn southwestern Iran
Queen of Anshan region southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Abadan locatedIn southwestern Iran
Palace of Ardashir locatedIn southwestern Iran
Gundeshapur locatedIn southwestern Iran
Qashqai Turkish spokenIn southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Qashqai language region southwestern Iran
this entity surface form: Southwestern Iran
Bushehr Province locatedIn southwestern Iran
Proto-Elamite period locatedIn southwestern Iran
Proto-Elamite script usedIn southwestern Iran
Teispes regionRuled southwestern Iran
Marv Dasht plain locatedIn southwestern Iran
Elamite cuneiform usedInRegion southwestern Iran
Shush locatedIn southwestern Iran