The Central District of Bandar Mahshahr County () is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr.
Bandar-e Mahshahr is an ancient city and port in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Originally known as Reyshahr and then Machuleh, it eventually came to be known as Bandar-e Ma'shoor. The name changed again in 1965, this time to Bandar-e Mah Shahr. The word Mah-shahr means "city of the moon."
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 179,804 in 38,469 households. The following census in 2011 counted 204,646 people in 50,941 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 217,186 inhabitants in 59,201 households.
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