Shalamcheh

Place in Khuzestan Province, Iran

Shalamcheh شلمچه
30°30′N 48°04′E / 30.500°N 48.067°E / 30.500; 48.067
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan Province

Shalamcheh (Persian: شَلَمچه) is a town located in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It is situated on the border with Iraq, north-west of Abadan. The town was one of the main sites of invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War. Some 50,000 Iranians died in the fighting around the town, and there is today a war memorial in their memory.^[1] The Basra–Shalamcheh rail line, one of the two railway projects connecting Iran to Iraq, is through Shalamcheh.^[2]

References

^ Afshin Molavi (12 July 2010). The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Struggle for Freedom. W. W. Norton. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-393-07875-6.
^ "یک خط آهن راهبردی بین ایران و عراق / صرفه جویی ۲۲۵میلیون لیتر گازوئیل در سال". www.eghtesadonline.com. September 18, 2021.

Khuzestan Province, Iran

Capital

Ahvaz

Counties
and cities

Abadan County	Abadan Arvandkenar
Aghajari County	Aghajari
Ahvaz County	Ahvaz
Andika County	Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
Andimeshk County	Andimeshk Hoseyniyeh
Bagh-e Malek County	Bagh-e Malek Qaleh Tall Seydun
Bavi County	Mollasani Sheyban Veys
Behbahan County	Behbahan Sardasht
Dasht-e Azadegan County	Susangerd Bostan
Dezful County	Dezful Dezab Mianrud Safiabad Saland
Gotvand County	Gotvand Jannat Makan
Haftkel County	Haftkel
Hendijan County	Hendijan Zohreh
Hoveyzeh County	Hoveyzeh Rafi
Izeh County	Izeh Dehdez
Karun County	Karun
Khorramshahr County	Khorramshahr Minushahr Moqavemat
Lali County	Lali
Mahshahr County	Bandar-e Mahshahr Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni Chamran
Masjed Soleyman County	Masjed Soleyman
Omidiyeh County	Omidiyeh Jayezan
Ramhormoz County	Ramhormoz
Ramshir County	Ramshir
Shadegan County	Shadegan
Shush County	Shush Alvan Horr
Shushtar County	Shushtar