Eyvan County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Eyvan County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان ایوان}} |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = | image_map = Ilam.svg | image_map1 = IranIlam-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Eyvan County in Ilam province (top, pink) | map_caption1 = Location of Ilam Province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ilam |seat_type = Capital |seat = Eyvan |parts_type = Districts | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = Central | p2 = Zarneh | p3 = | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 49491 |population_density_km2 = <ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |coordinates = {{coord|33|52|N|46|09|E|dim:20km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.866667&mlon=46.15&zoom=11#map=11/33.8667/46.1500|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Eyvan County|date=23 November 2024|access-date=23 November 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9205931}} }}

'''Eyvan County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان ایوان}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Eywan''', '''Aivan''', and '''Shahrestān-e Eyvan'''}} is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Eyvan.<ref name="Eyvan County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115594|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208174503/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115594|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 7 September 1374|id=Proposal 1.42.7141; Letter 93808/T907; Notification 9124/15630K|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The population of Eyvan County is mainly Kurdish.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 47,380 in 10,040 households.<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 48,833 people in 11,859 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 county as 49,491 in 13,820 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>

===Administrative divisions===

Eyvan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Eyvan County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Ilam Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Ilam Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |-

| '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''37,858''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''39,909''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''41,617''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nabovat RD{{efn|Formerly Sarab-e Eyvan Rural District<ref name="Eyvan County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 6,416 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,467 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,204 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sarab RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,690 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,042 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,114 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Eyvan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 27,752 || style="text-align: right;"| 29,400 || style="text-align: right;"| 31,299 |- | '''Zarneh District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,522''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,890''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,784''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kalan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,835 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,900 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,484 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarneh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,778 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,872 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,334 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarneh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 2,909 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,118 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,966 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''47,380''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''48,833''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''49,491''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

List of cities and villages in the county by historical population (ranked according to the 2016 National Census)<ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/>

{| class="wikitable" ! Rank ! City/Village ! 2006<ref name="2006 Ilam Province"/> ! 2011<ref name="2011 Ilam Province"/> ! 2016<ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |- | align=center | 1 | Eyvan (ایوان) | align=right | 27,752 | align=right | 29,400 | align=right | 31,299 |- | align=center | 2 | Zarneh (زرنه) | align=right | 2,778 | align=right | 2,872 | align=right | 2,334 |- | align=center | 3 | Shahrak-e Nabovat (شهرک نبوت) | align=right | 1,413 | align=right | 1,515 | align=right | 1,509 |- | align=center | 4 | Sarab (سراب) | align=right | 1,522 | align=right | 1,506 | align=right | 1,413 |- | align=center | 5 | Chahar Meleh (چهارمله) | align=right | 802 | align=right | 839 | align=right | 772 |}

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