Mahshahr
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| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Khuzestan Province |
Mah Shahr is an ancient city and port in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Originally known as Machuleh and Mahrouyan, it eventually came to be known as Bandar-e Ma'shoor. The name changed again in 1965, this time to Bandar-e Mah Shahr.
The word mah is Avestan for "moon", and shahr is Old Persian for "city", "land" or "realm", and thus Mahshahr can be translated to mean "city of the moon" (the Avestan and Old Persian languages were contemporary with one another, and in use in ancient Iran during the same period).
The city's port is one of the most important in Iran, exporting gas and refinery products from Abadan.
Mahshahr has two universities. Islamic Azad University of Mahshahr and Amirkabir University of Technology, Mahshahr campus. Both universities concentrate on engineering programs, especially petroleum and petrochemical engineering. Its demographics are as follows: Lur 45% Arab 40% Persian 10% Others 5%[citation needed].
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