Hoveyzeh
Hoveyzeh
City in Khuzestan province, Iran
Hoveyzeh (Persian: هویزه and Arabic: الهويزة), also Romanized as Huwaiza,[3] Havizeh, Hawiza, Hawīzeh, Hovayze, and Hovayzeh; also known as Hūzgān or Khūzgān[4]) is a city in the Central District of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 14,422 in 2,749 households, when it was in the former Hoveyzeh District of Dasht-e Azadegan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 16,154 people in 3,779 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Hoveyzeh County.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 19,481 people in 4,904 households.[2]