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Yesuj
Iran
Also known as: Yāsūj
Yesuj, city, capital of Kohgīlūyeh va Būyer Aḥmad province, southwestern Iran. The town has a sugar mill and other local industry producing bricks and mosaic tiles, livestock feed, mats and baskets, and carpets and rugs. Roads link it with Dogonbaden, Dehdasht, Shiraj, Nūrābād, and Bandar-e Būshehr. There is a thermoelectric power station located at Yesuj. Pop. (2006) 100,544.
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