Sivan District

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'''Sivan District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش سیوان}}) is in Ilam County, Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Jafarabad.<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>

==History== After the 2011 National Census, Mish Khas Rural District was separated from the Central District in the formation of Sivan District.<ref name="Sivan District Formation"/>

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> In 2023, Mahmudabad Rural District was created in the district, and Alishervan Rural District was separated from it to join Badreh County.<ref name="Badreh County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding country divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://rrk.ir/Files/Laws/GHANOON%2016%20TIR_2.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107200827/https://rrk.ir/Files/Laws/GHANOON%2016%20TIR_2.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammadreza|orig-date=Approved 29 March 1392|date=c. 2023|access-date=7 November 2023|id=Proposal 1/4/42/136432}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2016 census, the district's population was 8,994 inhabitants in 2,465 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=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Sivan District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2016<ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |- | Alishervan RD{{efn|Transferred to Badreh County after the 2016 census<ref name="Badreh County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 1,767 |- | Mahmudabad RD{{efn|Established after the 2016 census<ref name="Badreh County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| |- | Mish Khas RD || style="text-align: right;"| 7,227 |- | Jafarabad (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Jafarabad City"/>}}|| style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,994''' |- | colspan=2 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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Category:Districts of Ilam province

Category:Populated places in Ilam County