Central District (Ahvaz County)
The Central District of Ahvaz County () is a district (bakhsh) in Ahvaz County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,187,340, in 251,482 families. 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.
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.