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Coordinates: 32°27′30″N 48°21′30″E / 32.45833°N 48.35833°E
| Andimeshk اندیمشک |
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  Andimeshk
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| Coordinates: 32°27′30″N 48°21′30″E / 32.45833°N 48.35833°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Khuzestan |
| Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 170,044 |
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| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
Andimeshk is a city in Khuzestan province, Iran, located about 34 km north of Shoush, on the main road and the rail line from Tehran to Ahvaz. The name first appears in cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia from the Ur III period (21st to 20th century BCE) in the form Adamshakh, with a probable meaning "Crocodile (Town)." Later on ANDAMASKA or ANDIMASKA meaning plenty of butter where local villages like Gheel-AB and Lour and two fortresses were added to it. The city was en route to Ilam and Anshan and later on to Lorestan, this made it a strategically very important till late Sassanid era.
During the Pahlavi era, Andimeshk received a great deal of modern development projects like the Railway, the Dez Dam, the Airforce Base, the Dokoohe depot (Large depot of military ammunition) and an aluminium factory-silo and many other industrial lift ups.
According to Tarikh-e-Tabari most of the people in this city are of Khuzi origin (from Khouzd which means sugarcane raw sweets).
It had an estimated population of 179,797 in 2005,[1] and is the administrative centre of Andimeshk County.
References
- The Persian Dictionary by A.A. Dehkhoda.
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