Susangerd

Susangerd

سوسنگرد (in Persian)
الخفاجيية (in Arabic)
Susangerd سوسنگرد (in Persian); الخفاجيية (in Arabic)
City
	Susangerd
	Coordinates: 31°33′39″N 48°10′59″E / 31.56083°N 48.18306°ECoordinates: 31°33′39″N 48°10′59″E / 31.56083°N 48.18306°E
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
County	Dasht-e Azadegan
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2016 Census)
• Total	51,431
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Susangerd (Persian: سوسنگرد also Romanized as Sūsangird or Sūsangurd), also known as al-Khafājiyah (Arabic: الخفاجية), Dasht-e Āzādegān (Persian: دشت آزادگان) or Dasht-i-Mishān (Persian: دشت میشان),^[2] is a city in the Central District of Dasht-e Azadegan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.^[3] At the 2006 census, its population was 43,591, in 7,636 families.

The population of Susangerd is more than 120.000 people, and the vast majority of its inhabitants are Khuzestani Arab people. Susangerd is considered among the famous cities of Iran due to Iran-Iraq war and also because of liberation of Susangerd (from the siege of Iraqi forces).^[4]

On July 21, 2021, protests triggered by the severe shortage of water in the region occurred in Susangerd alongside multiple other cities, among them Masjed Soleyman, Izeh, Shushtar and Ahwaz.^[5]