About Abadan
Abadan is a city in Khuzestan, Iran with a population of 231,476. It is the 41st largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, and the 2,486th largest worldwide. It lies 663 km from Tehran.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 31
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
30.339, 48.304
Record updated
2026-06-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 422 in IranClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.