For the administrative division of Khuzestan province, seeShush County. For the villages in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, seeShush-e Olya andShush-e Sofla.
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 53,897 in 10,889 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 59,161 people in 14,563 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 77,148 people in 21,649 households.[7]
The weather in Shush has very hot summers that may reach above 50 degrees Celsius and mild and rainy winters. Snowfall in this city is a very rare event. But in 2020, for the first time, the city of Shush witnessed snowfall, which led to the happiness of the people of this city.[8]
The city's economic growth was spurred by the construction of the Tehran-Khorramshahr highway and the Trans-Iranian Railway station. In the vicinity of the city, the government ofMohammad Reza Pahlavi built theDez Dam forhydroelectric power (constructed between 1959 and 1963), the largest development project in Iran at the time of construction.[9] Following the dam's completion, the region developed a modernirrigation system andagribusiness grew. Shush is also a suitable place for camels, with over 3,000 camels in the area, many in the Ankush village in the Chenan Shush area.
Tourism is an also important economic activity, linked to ancient sites such as theTomb of Daniel, the tomb of the third-century poetDebel Khozaei, the ancientElamiteChogha Zanbilziggurat from the 14th or 13th century BCE, and the ruins andarchaeological site of the ancient city ofSusa. Chogha Zanbil, located near Susa, was the first Iranian monument to be listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.
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