Kanan (Persian: کنعان)[a] is a city in the Central District of Karun County, Khuzestan province, Iran.

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 10,363 in 1,795 households, when it was the village of Qaleh Chanan in Soveyseh Rural District of the Central District of Ahvaz County.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 10,764 people in 2,773 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Karun County.

[2] After the census, the village was elevated to city status as Kanan.

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