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  1. Capital of Khulna region, SW Bangladesh,
  2. situated close to the Ganges delta;
  3. population (1981) 646,000. Industry includes
  4. shipbuilding and textiles; it trades in jute,
  5. rice, salt, sugar, and oilseed.
  6.  
  7. Khuzestan
  8. SW province of Iran, which includes the chief
  9. Iranian oil resources; population (1986)
  10. 2,702,533. Towns include Ahvaz (capital) and
  11. the ports of Abadan and Khuninshahr. There
  12. have been calls for Sunni Muslim autonomy,
  13. under the name Arabistan.
  14.