Ahvaz County
Ahvaz County () is a county in Khuzestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Ahvaz. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions that were later split off to form Bavi County) was 1,317,377, in 274,296 families; excluding those portions, the population was 1,127,230, in 239,666 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Hamidiyeh District. The county has two cities: Ahvaz and Hamidiyeh.
Ahvaz Field
The Ahvaz Field is the third largest oil field in the world. The field is one of the most important oil fields in the Zagros Basin which is located in the Dezful Embayment. The trend of Ahvaz oil field is northwest- southeast parallel to the Zagros mountains.