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

{{for-multi|the administrative division of Ilam province|Chavar County|the former administrative division of Ilam County|Chavar District|the village in Sistan and Baluchestan province|Chavar, Sistan and Baluchestan{{!}}Chavar}}

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'''Chavar''' ({{langx|fa|چوار}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Chavār''', '''Chawār''', and '''Chūār'''; also known as '''Kani Chavar''' (كانی چَوار), also romanized as '''Kānī Chavār''' and '''Kānī Chawār'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3058202}}</ref>}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Chavar District of Ilam County<ref name="Chavar County Establishment"/>}} of Chavar County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county<ref name="Chavar County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Ilam County, Ilam province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/289835|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117101102/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/289835|archive-date=17 November 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 8 November 2019|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|id=Proposal 216963|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref> and the district.<ref name="Ilam Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Ilam province, centered in the city of Ilam|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208001844/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=8 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 83348/T132K|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by Arkavazi Kurds.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province [Chawār]|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjNmYmM0OSIsInMiOjE2MTA0ODM3OTQwMjZ9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 |access-date=26 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,574 in 1,080 households, when it was in Chavar District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Chavar County<ref name="Chavar County Establishment"/>}} of Ilam County.<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 5,775 people in 1,333 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 of the city as 5,831 people in 1,562 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>

In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Chavar County and renamed the Central District, with Chavar as the new county's capital.<ref name="Chavar County Establishment"/>

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