| Official Name: | Susangerd |
| Native Name: | fa|سوسنگرد ar|الخفاجيية |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khuzestan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dasht-e Azadegan |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 51431 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
| Coordinates: | 31.5569°N 48.1894°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Susangerd (fa|سوسنگرد) is a city in the Central District of Dasht-e Azadegan County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] The vast majority of its inhabitants are Khuzestani Arab people. Susangerd is considered among the famous cities of Iran due to the Iran-Iraq war and the city's liberation from the siege of Iraqi forces.[3]
In the past, the city of Susangerd was a village called Khafajieh and the area around it was called "Dasht-e-Mishan". Later, during the reign of Reza Shah, this village was changed to the name of the city of Susangerd, which means the place of worship of Nahid in ancient Iran. The name of Dasht-e-Mishan, which was the old and ancient name of this region, was changed to Dasht-e-Azadegan after the Islamic Revolution, meaning "Plain of The Free".
During the war, the Iraqi army tried three times to capture Susangerd, which was met with resistance from the Iranian army and popular forces. In the third attack, the city was surrounded by the Iraqi army, but soon after, the Iraqis were defeated and Susangerd was liberated. Among the people who remained in this city were Azerbaijani fighters, which is why the city of Tabriz a park named after this city.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,591 in 7,636 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 44,469 people in 9,900 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 51,431 people in 12,664 households.[6]
The people of this city are Arabs and the main occupation of the people is agriculture. Among the Arab tribes living in the city are the large Khafaja, Rabia (Alamare (Amir), Sudani (Bait al-Sheyukh and Ahl al-Diyafa), Miah, Bavi, and Al-Kut, Sawari (a large tribe that includes Beit Awajeh and Beit Nasr) and Bani Taraf (a large tribe that include Beit Sayah, Alboilal (Jalali), Al Fartos (Beit Agroba), Beit Muhammad al-Saleh, Bani Saleh, Dahimi, Hammoudi, Beit Dagher, Al-Harizat, Nice (Madhaj), Marmad, Al-Bubaid, Al-Hiyadar, Sawari, Sadat, Zubaidat, Abu Chaldeh, Sawa'd, Al-Bawieh, Beit Hardan, Beit Mahawi, Sharafa and Nagrawi (Shabibi), Obayat and Boharz, and Mazra'e and Bani Asad (Asadi, Sedavi, and Beit Joyder) and Rashtizadeh tribe can be mentioned.