Strategic potentials of Khuzestan province – Khuzestan province has unique features that distinguish it from the other provinces of Iran. And concentration of major industries in the Khuzestan province has made it after the Tehran province the biggest consumer of energy in Iran. The unique and exceptional attractions of this province, including very convenient infrastructures, road routs, railway, maritime and air communication routes, long and active maritime and land borders with very appropriate equipped ports and business and commercial paths, free commercial zones and special economic zones, very wealthy mines and diversity and cheapness of various fossil, new and renewable energies, have encourages great domestic and foreign companies and investors from long ago to today for investment in the several industries in the Khuzestan, and this province in terms of area is the tenth province of Iran and its population growth rate always is among the highest growth rate of Iran and has the highest growth of specialist and elite forces in Iran. Also neighborhood and common language and many commons with wealthy Arab countries on the Persian Gulf coast and economic exchanges and communications and continuous presence of wealthy Arab countries in the Khuzestan has made it strategically a uniques province in Iran. |
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Major and various resources of energy in the Khuzestan – Khuzestan province is one of the largest reserves of oil and gas of the world and the largest refineries and petrochemical industries plants and processing and downstream and side industries and gas are located in the Khuzestan and it has the first place in the oil, gas and petrochemical and steel industries and industry in Iran. The main power supplier in Iran is Khuzestan and has the most number of dams and hydroelectric and gas and wind power plants and combined cycle and solar and thermal in Iran. Due to the possibility of connecting the electricity grid of the Khuzestan to the countries on the Persian Gulf coast and Middle East and north of Africa, there is a widespread ground to build new various power plants of energy for export beside the various domestic consumption centers. |
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The features of Khuzestan nature – Khuzestan has a unique natural diversity in Iran. This province is the only province of Iran having concurrently vast mountainous areas, flat plains and flat sea beaches and wetlands and navigable rivers and the lagoon and the small bays such as Khor Musa with a depth over fifty has the capability of anchoring big ships. In terms of land and soil quality and fertility, abundance of water, extent and fertility of soil and natural diversity, it can alone in addition to supply the all needs of agriculture and livestock products in Iran export a part of them to the other countries. The existence of valuable aquatic reserves, fishing ports, fishing navy and large complexes of fish and shrimp farming and sea products and special climate conditions appropriate for breeding various warm water fishes and existence of abundant potentials to reproduce and breed native fishes has made the province one of the major producers of sea products. Khuzestan province is the only province of Iran having extremely suitable conditions for industrial cultivation of sugarcane. Accordingly, the largest cultivation and processing plan and side industries of sugarcane has been implemented in 12 large cultivation and industry units on an area of bout 19,000 ha and several and various industries depending on it in the Khuzestan and annually its products are exported to the other countries as well as meeting needs of Iran. |
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Important and strategic industries in Khoozetan – Khuzestan province has placed the largest industries of Iran within itself. The plants of iron melting, steel making, iron products manufacturing, tubing and all kinds of sheets, shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing and making auto parts, largest conversion and complementary industries, producing electricity and power plants products, small and medium industries complementing major industries and various products of specialized towns regarding oil, petrochemicals and gas, energy industries and downstream chemical industries, petrochemicals and refinery industries, plastic and rubber and polymer industries, metallurgy and melting metals, transportation industries and conversion and complementary industries of agriculture and livestock and packaging foodstuffs, textile, processing sugarcane and downstream products, date, fisheries and aquaculture and mineral non-metallic industries with capability to export to the countries on the Persian Gulf coast and rest of the world are operating in the Khuzestan and these has made the province one of the most industrial provinces of Iran and the world. |
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Strategic position of Khuzestan province – Land border length of Khuzestan province with Iraq is 400 Km that though traffic points of sea and land border of Chazabeh, Chobideh, Arvandkenar, Shalamcheh with complete custom services and road routes and railway and shipping, has commercial exchanges with Iraq and through traffic points of land and sea border of the southwest of Iran is connected to Iraq, Kuwait, Arabia and other countries of Middle East and Mediterranean sea through railway and highway. Length of the sea border of Khuzestan province with high seas and Persian Gulf is 210 Km that the important ports of Imam Khomeini, Mahshahr, Khoramshahr, Hendijan and Shadgan, Abadan with very appropriate port facilities and equipments and road transit highways and railway and airports and shipping provide the access of this province and Iran to the international high seas and other countries. Khuzestan has very desirable communication networks, road transportation, railway, airway and shipping. |
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