Ilam County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Ilam County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان ایلام}} |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = | image_map = Ilam.svg | image_map1 = IranIlam-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Ilam County in Ilam province (top left, green) | 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 = Ilam |parts_type = Districts | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = Central | p2 = Sivan | p3 = | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |population_total = 235144 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|33|34|N|46|27|E|dim:30km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.566667&mlon=46.45&zoom=11#map=11/33.5667/46.4500|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Ilam 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|9205930}} }}

'''Ilam County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان ایلام}}) is in Ilam Province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ilam.<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>

==History== After the 2011 National Census, Keshvari Rural District was created in the Central District, and Mish Khas Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Sivan District, including the new Alishervan Rural District.<ref name="Sivan District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the national divisions of Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/839084|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823071843/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/839084|archive-date=23 August 2013|orig-date=Approved 14 December 2013|date=c. 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|id=Proposals 89421/42/1/1 and 135295/42/4/1; Letter 158802/T38854H|access-date=7 June 2023|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza}}</ref>

In 2019, the village of Jafarabad was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Jafarabad City">{{cite web|title=The approval of the Minister of the Interior with the establishment of Jafarabad municipality in Ilam province|language=fa|website=borna.news|url=https://borna.news/fa/news/889959/موافقت-وزیر-کشور-با-تاسیس-شهرداری-جعفرآباد-در-استان-ایلام|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112164436/https://borna.news/fa/news/889959/موافقت-وزیر-کشور-با-تاسیس-شهرداری-جعفرآباد-در-استان-ایلام|archive-date=12 November 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|date=26 August 2019|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref> Chavar District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Chavar County<ref name="Chavar County Establishment"/>}} was separated from the county in the establishment of Chavar 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>

In 2023, Mahmudabad Rural District was created in Sivan District, and Alishervan Rural District was separated from it to join Badreh County.<ref name="Iran Rural District Reforms">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Ilam province|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://www.rrk.ir/Files/Laws/elam.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421082744/https://www.rrk.ir/Files/Laws/elam.pdf|archive-date=21 April 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|date=5 April 2023|orig-date=Approved 24 December 1401|id=Proposal 208825; Notification 242454/T58629H|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 193,222 in 42,207 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 213,579 people in 52,391 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 235,144 in 64,671 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===

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

{| class="wikitable" |+ Ilam 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;"| '''181,362''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''201,523''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''215,543''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Deh Pain RD || style="text-align: right;"| 16,909 || style="text-align: right;"| 19,898 || style="text-align: right;"| 13,726 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Keshvari RD || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 7,787 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mishkhas RD || style="text-align: right;"| 9,164 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,412 || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Ilam (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 155,289 || style="text-align: right;"| 172,213 || style="text-align: right;"| 194,030 |- | '''Chavar District'''{{efn|Transferred to Chavar County after the 2016 census and renamed the Central District of Chavar County<ref name="Chavar County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,860''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,710''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,554''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Arkavazi RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,640 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,384 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,702 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Buli RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,646 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,551 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,021 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Chavar (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 5,574 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,775 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,831 |- | '''Sivan District''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,994''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Alishervan RD{{efn|Transferred to Badreh County after the 2016 census<ref name="Iran Rural District Reforms"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 1,767 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mahmudabad RD{{efn|Established after the 2016 census<ref name="Iran Rural District Reforms"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mish Khas RD || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 7,227 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Jafarabad (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Jafarabad City"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''193,222''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''213,579''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''235,144''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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Category:Ilam County

Category:Counties of Ilam province