Ahvaz: The City of Bridges - Achaemenid Period

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Ahvaz is known as the City of Bridges since it has 9 bridges built over the Karoun River. Some of them are Pol-e Sefid (White Bridge), Black Bridge (Victory Bridge), Naderi Bridge (Fourth Bridge), and Gofteguye Tammadonha (Dialogue of Civilizations Bridge).

Many Ahvazis are bilingual, speaking both Persian and one of the following: Khuzestani Persian dialect, rooted in Old Persian and Elamite languages, also the Arabic spoken in Ahvaz is a variety of Khuzestani Arabic.

They're estimated to be 6-8 million Ahwazi-Arabs in al-Ahwaz or Khuzestan and 8-10 million Arabs throughout Iran, compromising about 10% of the population.

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They're estimated to be 6-8 million Ahwazi-Arabs in al-Ahwaz or Khuzestan and 8-10 million Arabs throughout Iran, compromising about 10% of the population.

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