Abdanan

For the administrative division of Ilam province, see Abdanan County. For the city in Khuzestan province, see Abadan.

Abdanan (Persian: آبدانان)^[a] 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,^[4] now a city.^[5]

Abdanan Persian: آبدانان
City
Landscape near Abdanan
Abdanan Show map of Iran Abdanan Show map of Ilam Province
Coordinates: 32°59′32″N 47°25′16″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Ilam
County	Abdanan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	23,946
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Clip of nature of Abdanan City, By: Adib Mohamadvali

The city is populated by Kurds with a Luri minority.^[6]

Abdanan linguistic composition language percent Kurdish   75% Luri   20% Mixed   5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 21,662 in 4,618 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 22,901 people in 5,536 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 23,946 people in 6,653 households.^[2]

See also

• Lake Black Cow

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ābdānān; also known as Qal‘a Ab-ī-Danan, Qal‘eh-ye Āb Dānān, and Qal‘eh Āb-ī-Dānān; Kurdish: ئاودانان, romanized as Awdanan^[3]