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Definition: Abadan from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

1island W Iran in delta of Shatt al Arab 2town & port on Abadan Is.


Abadan

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Iranian oil port in Khuzestan province, situated on an island on the east side of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway at the head of the Gulf, 675 km/420 mi southwest of Tehran; population (2006) 219,800. Abadan is the chief refinery and shipping centre for Iran's oil industry, nationalized in 1951. This measure was the beginning of the worldwide movement by oil-producing countries to assume control of profits from their own resources. By 1980 over 18 million tonnes of crude oil were being processed annually. Oil installations were badly damaged during the Iran–Iraq war (1980–88), but considerable reconstruction has taken place since, largely on nearby Kharg Island. The modern city was established by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company following the production of oil from 1905–08. The oil refinery is among the largest in the world and is linked by pipeline to the port of Bandar Mahshahr. The residential quarters of Abadan were originally planned and laid out by Costain, a British building firm: …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Iranian oil port in Khuzestan province, situated on an island on the east side of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway at the head of the Gulf, 675 km/420 mi southwest of Tehran; population (2006) 219,800. Abadan is the chief refinery and shipping centre for Iran's oil industry, nationalized in 1951. This…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ăbӘdăn', äbädän'), city (1991 pop. 84,774), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on Abadan Island, in the delta of the Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the terminus of major oil pipelines and is an important oil refining and shipping center. Abadan Island was ceded to Iran by Turkey in…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sunshine(average hours per day) Temperatures Discomfort from heat and humidity Precipitation and humidity Wet days(more than 1 mm/0.04 in) Average daily Highest recorded Lowest recorded Relative humidity Average monthly precipitation minimum maximum 0900 x °C °F °C °F °C °F °C °F % mm in Jan 7 7 44…
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Full text Article Ābādān

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Full text Article Shatt al Arab

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Channel, SE Iraq, flowing SE into Persian Gulf; ab. 120 mi. (193 km.) long; formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, it is generally considered to begin at Al Qurnah, flowing past Iraqi port of Basra, past Khorramshahr and Ābādān in Iran, and entering the gulf near the port of Al…
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Full text Article Khuzestan

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Province of southwest Iran, on the northern shores of the Gulf; area 66,560 sq km/25,700 sq mi; population (2006) 4,275,000. It has Iran's chief oil resources. Cities include the administrative centre of Ahvaz and the ports of Abadan and Khorramshahr . A large proportion of the population is Arab. …
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