# Chavar
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{{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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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Chavar
|native_name = {{langx|fa|چوار}}
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|settlement_type = City
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|coordinates = {{Coord|33|41|44|N|46|17|55|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes = [{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.695556&mlon=46.298611&zoom=15#map=15/33.69556/46.29861|website=[OpenStreetMap](/source/OpenStreetMap) |title=Chavar, Chavar County|date=22 November 2024|access-date=22 November 2024|lang=fa}}]
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [Iran](/source/Iran)
|subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Iran)
|subdivision_name1 = [Ilam](/source/Ilam_province)
|subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Counties_of_Iran)
|subdivision_name2 = [Chavar](/source/Chavar_County)
|subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/Bakhsh_(administrative_division))
|subdivision_name3 = [Central](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County))
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|population_footnotes = [{{GEOnet3|-3058202}}]}} is a city in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County)){{efn|Formerly [Chavar District](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County)) of [Ilam County](/source/Ilam_County)[{{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}}] and the district.[{{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}}]
==Demographics==
===Ethnicity===
The city is populated by [Arkavazi](/source/Arkavazi_(tribe)) [Kurds](/source/Kurds).[{{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}}]
===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](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County)){{efn|Renamed the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County)) of [Chavar County](/source/Chavar_County)[{{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}}] The following census in 2011 counted 5,775 people in 1,333 households.[{{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}}] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,831 people in 1,562 households.[{{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}}]
In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of [Chavar County](/source/Chavar_County) and renamed the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Chavar_County)), with Chavar as the new county's capital.