--- title: "Mīnūshahr – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Mīnūshahr, Iran: Minushahr is a city in, and the capital of, Minu District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Nearby: Rangooniha Mosque…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/minushahr" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/minushahr.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- City in Khuzestan province, Iran # Mīnūshahr Minushahr is a city in, and the capital of, Minu District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran. The place Minushahr is a city in, and the capital of, Minu District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Jazireh-ye Minu Rural District. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minushahr), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Mīnūshahr 6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Rangooniha Mosque The Ranguniha Mosque, also spelled as the Rangooniha Mosque, is a former Sunni mosque, now history museum, located on the banks of the Arvand River, in the city of Abadan in Abadan County, in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1920, during the Qajar and Pahlavi eras. 6.1 km · Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranguniha_Mosque) 2. Saint Karapet Church Saint Garapet Church is a 20th century Armenian church in Abadan, Iran. The church was constructed in 1940 and was the largest place of gathering for the Armenian community in Abadan at the time, however due to the low population of Armenians in the city, it is no longer operational. 7.2 km · church in Abadan, Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Garapet_Church,_Abadan) 3. Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr The Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr, also known as the Khorramshahr Central Mosque, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque, located in Khorramshahr city, within Khorramshahr County of the province of Khuzestan, Iran. 9.9 km · mosque in Khorramshahr, Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Khorramshahr) 4. Takhti Stadium (Abadan) The Abadan Takhti Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in Abadan, Khuzestan province, Iran. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. who play in the Persian Gulf Pro League. 7.3 km · stadium in Abadan, Iran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhti_Stadium_(Abadan%29) 5. Abadan building collapse On 23 May 2022, the Metropol building, a ten-story residential and commercial building in Abadan, Iran, collapsed while under construction. As of 6 June 2022, at least 41 people had died and 37 others were injured in the incident, according to Iranian state media. 7 km · 2022 building collapse in Abadan, Iran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan_building_collapse) 6. Abadan University of Medical Sciences Abadan University of Medical Sciences is a public medical university located in Abadan, Khuzestan Province in central-west Iran near the Iraqi–Iran border. Established in September 1941 by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education as the country's first Nursing Faculty, it evolved through successive upgrades and on June 22, 2021 was formally transformed into an independent medical university. 9.2 km · University in Khuzestan, Iran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan_University_of_Medical_Sciences) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Mīnūshahr **Airports:** Abadan Ayatollah Jami (ABD), 2 km · Basra (BSR), 58 km · Qasem Soleimani (AWZ), 121 km\ **Stations:** Abadan International Airport, 2.3 km\ - Ahvaz → Mīnūshahr 116 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · $10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ahvaz-to-minushahr) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ahvaz&to=M%C4%ABn%C5%ABshahr) - Shiraz → Mīnūshahr 423 km · quickest by air, 3h 31m · $140–210 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shiraz-to-minushahr) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shiraz&to=M%C4%ABn%C5%ABshahr) - Isfahan → Mīnūshahr 415 km · quickest by air, 8h 57m · $160–250 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/isfahan-to-minushahr) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Isfahan&to=M%C4%ABn%C5%ABshahr) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=M%C4%ABn%C5%ABshahr) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Mīnūshahr Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mīnūshahr. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There are river ferries from Basra, in Iraq, to nearby Khorramshahr several times per week. - Get in The ferry is run by Valfajr Shipping Company and journey time is just under one hour. From [Wikivoyage: Abadan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abadan), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. 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Around it ## Next door to Mīnūshahr Mīnūshahr is 10 km from [Khorramshahr](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/khorramshahr), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Abadan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abadan) city in Khuzestan Province, Iran 8.5 km - [Khoreybeh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/khoreybeh) village in Iran 1.2 km - [Shalheh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shalheh) village in Iran 9.5 km - [Fayazi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fayazi) village in Iran 7 km - [Kher Khereh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kher-khereh) village in Iran 8.8 km - [Radeh-ye Madan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/radeh-ye-madan) village in Iran 9 km [The place page for Mīnūshahr](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/minushahr) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Iran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IR) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/minushahr, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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