Shadegan

For the administrative division of Khuzestan province, see Shadegan County. For the village in Isfahan province, see Shadgan. For the village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, see Shadegan.

Shadegan (Persian: شادگان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Shadegan County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5] The city is located on the Jarahi River, which empties into the adjacent Shadegan International Wetlands.^[6]

Shadegan Persian: شادگان
City
News photo of buildings bordering the Shadegan Ponds
Shadegan
Coordinates: 30°38′57″N 48°39′55″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
County	Shadegan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	41,733
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 48,642 in 8,600 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 52,786 people in 12,088 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 41,733 people in 11,404 households.^[2]

Gallery

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  A boat traversing the Shadegan International Wetlands
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  A bifurcation of the Jarahi River located in northern Shadegan
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  A fountain in an urban park in southern Shadegan
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  Satellite view of Shadegan
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  ISS satellite view of Shadegan (centre right), and the Jarahi (centre left). (Up is south-east.)

See also

Shadegan Ponds

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Shādgān and Shādegān; formerly Fallehiyeh, also romanized as Fallāḩīyeh (فلاحية); also known as Fallābīyeh^[3] and formerly also "Soroq"^[4]