The Central District of Ahvaz County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان اهواز‎) is a district (bakhsh) in Ahvaz County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,187,340, in 251,482 families.[1] The District has one city: Ahvaz. The District has seven rural districts (dehestan): Anaqcheh Rural District, Elhayi Rural District, Esmailiyeh Rural District, Gheyzaniyeh Rural District, Kut-e Abdollah Rural District, Mosharrahat Rural District, and Soveyseh Rural District.