# Ilam County
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{{Short description|County in Ilam Province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Ilam province}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Ilam County
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان ایلام}}
|settlement_type = [County](/source/Counties_of_Iran)
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| 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
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [Iran](/source/Iran)
|subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Iran)
|subdivision_name1 = [Ilam](/source/Ilam_province)
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = [Ilam](/source/Ilam%2C_Iran)
|parts_type = [Districts](/source/Bakhsh_(administrative_division))
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| p1 = [Central](/source/Central_District_(Ilam_County))
| p2 = [Sivan](/source/Sivan_District)
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_footnotes = [{{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](/source/OpenStreetMap) |title=Ilam County|date=23 November 2024|access-date=23 November 2024|lang=fa}}]
|timezone = [IRST](/source/Iran_Standard_Time)
|utc_offset = +3:30
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'''Ilam County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان ایلام}}) is in [Ilam](/source/Ilam_province) Province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [Ilam](/source/Ilam%2C_Iran).[{{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}}]
==History==
After the 2011 National Census, [Keshvari Rural District](/source/Keshvari_Rural_District) was created in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Ilam_County)), and [Mish Khas Rural District](/source/Mish_Khas_Rural_District) was separated from it in the formation of [Sivan District](/source/Sivan_District), including the new [Alishervan Rural District](/source/Alishervan_Rural_District).[{{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}}]
In 2019, the village of [Jafarabad](/source/Jafarabad%2C_Ilam) was elevated to the status of a 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}}] [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=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}}]
In 2023, [Mahmudabad Rural District](/source/Mahmudabad_Rural_District_(Ilam_County)) was created in Sivan District, and Alishervan Rural District was separated from it to join [Badreh County](/source/Badreh_County).[{{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}}]
==Demographics==
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 193,222 in 42,207 households.[{{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 213,579 people in 52,391 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 county as 235,144 in 64,671 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}}]
===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