Balavah

{{Infobox settlement |name = Balavah |native_name = {{langx|fa|بلاوه}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran#Ilam Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|33|40|02|N|46|48|13|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.667222&mlon=46.803611&zoom=15#map=15/33.66722/46.80361|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Balavah, Chardavol County|date=22 November 2024|access-date=22 November 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Iran}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ilam |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Chardavol |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Zagros |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes =  |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 264 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Balavah''' ({{langx|fa|بلاوه}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Belavah'''; formerly '''Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla''' (بلاوه تره سفلي),<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919031845/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-date=19 September 2016|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|orig-date=Approved 29 March 1392|date=c. 2016|id=Proposal 81072/42/1/4/1; Notification 83592/T48494H|access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> also romanized as '''Belāvah Tareh-ye Soflá'''; also known as '''Belāveh Tareh'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3794196|Belavah Tareh-ye Sofla}}</ref>}} is a city in, and the capital of, Zagros District of Chardavol County,{{efn|Formerly Shirvan and Chardavol County<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709"/>}} Ilam province, Iran.<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709"/> As the village of Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla, it was the capital of Bijnavand Rural District<ref name="Shirvan and Chardavol County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shirvan and Chardavol County under Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110217|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512102110/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110217|archive-date=12 May 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=7 February 2024|date=23 February 1391|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1366|id=Proposal 11742; Notification 78076/T640}}</ref> until its capital was transferred to the village of Zir Tang.<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709"/>

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by Kurds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam|url-status=live|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 }}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, Balavah's population was 290 in 63 households, when it was a village in Bijnavand Rural District of the Central District.<ref name="2006 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 288 people in 76 households.<ref name="2011 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population as 264 people in 79 households,<ref name="2016 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref> by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Zagros District. Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla was elevated to city status as Balavah.<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709"/>

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Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Populated places in Chardavol County

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province