{{Short description|City in Ilam province, Iran}}
{{for|other places with the same name|Towhid (disambiguation){{!}}Towhid}}
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{{Infobox settlement |name = Towhid |native_name = {{langx|fa|توحيد}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran#Ilam Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|33|43|34|N|47|04|01|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.726111&mlon=47.066944&zoom=15#map=15/33.72611/47.06694|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Towhid, Holeylan County|date=23 November 2024|access-date=23 November 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ilam |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Holeylan |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Central |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Ilam Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 2128 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> |module = |footnotes = }}
'''Towhid''' ({{langx|fa|توحيد}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Towḥīd'''}} is a city<ref name="Towhid City">{{cite report|title=Approval of divisional changes in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers//122731|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123163910/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers//122731|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Cabinet|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=23 November 2024|orig-date=Approved 13 November 1381|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.83012; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 51847/T27712H|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref> in the Central District of Holeylan County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Holeylan County Establishment">{{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/1408834|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116201610/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1408834|archive-date=16 January 2020|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Janhangiri|first=Ishaq|date=26 January 2018|orig-date=Approved 10 August 2018|access-date=3 June 2023|id=Proposal 77496; Notification 131622/T56784H}}</ref> As a village, it was the capital of Holeylan Rural District{{efn|Renamed Guran Rural District<ref name="Holeylan County Establishment"/>}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Kahreh.<ref name="Abdanan County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Creating, modifying and changing divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115578|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209154603/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115578|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=9 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 7 May 1374|id=Proposal 1.4.42.3611; Letter 93808-907; Notification 8718/15275K|access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref> Its capital has been transferred once again, to the village of Shiravand.<ref name="Holeylan County Establishment"/>
==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by Laks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province|url=https://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>
===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 604 in 132 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> when it was capital of the former Holeylan District of Chardavol County.<ref name="Abdanan County Establishment"/>{{efn|Formerly Shirvan and Chardavol County<ref name="Chardavol County Reforms 848709">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919031845/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-date=19 September 2016|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|orig-date=Approved 29 March 1392|date=c. 2016|id=Proposal 81072/42/1/4/1; Notification 83592/T48494H|access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>}} The following census in 2011 counted 1,475 people in 375 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 city as 2,128 people in 601 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>
In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Holeylan County, and Towhid was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.<ref name="Holeylan County Establishment"/>
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{{Ilam Province|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Ilam province
Category:Populated places in Holeylan County
Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province
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