Abdanan

{{for multi|the administrative division of Ilam province|Abdanan County|the city in Khuzestan province|Abadan, Iran{{!}}Abadan}}

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|native_name = {{langx|fa|آبدانان}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Ilam

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|subdivision_name2 = Abdanan

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Abdanan ({{langx|fa|آبدانان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Ābdānān; also known as Qal‘a Ab-ī-Danan, Qal‘eh-ye Āb Dānān, and Qal‘eh Āb-ī-Dānān; {{langx|ku|ئاودانان}}, romanized as Awdanan{{GEOnet3|-3051253}}}} is a city in the Central District of Abdanan County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Populated by a majority of Kurds, the county's previous capital was the village of Sarabbagh,{{cite report|title=Number: 63630/T27988K|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122899|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209155743/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122899|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 November 1381|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.101288; Letter 58538-26118; Notification 63630/T27988K|access-date=9 February 2024}} now a city.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the conversion of Sarabbagh village, the center of Sarabbagh District, from the functions of Abdanan County to a city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135311|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329180110/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135311|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=29 March 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 June 1387|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 4/42/138158; Notification 110200/T31909K|access-date=29 March 2024}}

Demographics

= Language and ethnicity =

File:فتوکلیپ طبیعت شهرستان آبدانان.webmThe city is populated by Kurds with a Luri minority.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province [Āwdānān, Āwāno]|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjUyMDY3NyIsInMiOjE2MzQ3Mjk2MTYyMzJ9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 |access-date=26 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}{{bar box|title=Abdanan linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|Kurdish|blue|75}}

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=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 21,662 in 4,618 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 22,901 people in 5,536 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 city as 23,946 people in 6,653 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}}

Notes

References

Category:Populated places in Abdanan County

Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Articles containing video clips

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province

Category:Luri settlements in Ilam province