Gotvand

{{Short description|City in Khuzestan province, Iran}}

{{for|the administrative division of Khuzestan province|Gotvand County}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| native_name = {{langx|fa|گتوند}}

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| settlement_type = City

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| coordinates = {{Coord|32|14|36|N|48|48|49|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Iran

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Khuzestan

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Gotvand

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Central

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| population_total = 24216

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| timezone = IRST

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Gotvand ({{langx|fa|گتوند}}){{GEOnet3|10042725}} is a city in the Central District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Khuzestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/108845|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605105705/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/108845|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=5 June 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 27 February 1384|id=Proposal 122055/42/1; Letter 58538/T26118H|access-date=9 August 2023}} and the district.

Gotvand shares the record for highest temperature recorded in Iran with {{convert|53|°C|1|disp=or}} on 17 July 2014, tying the record set at Dehloran in July 2011.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The Lower and Upper Gotvand Dams are northeast of the city on the Karun River.