Azadi,_Andimeshk
Azadi, Andimeshk
City in Khuzestan province, Iran
Azadi (Persian: آزادی), formerly Shahrak-e Babak (شهرك بابك), also Romanized as Shahrak-e Bābāk; also known as Shahrak-e Āzādī,[3] is a city in the Central District of Andimeshk County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Howmeh Rural District.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 4,576 in 925 households, when it was the village of Shahrak-e Babak in Howmeh Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,655 people in 1,205 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,957 people in 1,354 households,[2] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city and its name had been changed to Azadi.[7]