Eyvan

For the administrative division of Ilam province, see Eyvan County. For the village in Hormozgan province with this city's former name, see Bagh Shah.

Eyvan (Persian: ایوان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Eyvan County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Eyvan Persian: اِیوان
City
Eyvan City
Eyvan Show map of Iran Eyvan Show map of Ilam Province
Coordinates: 33°49′40″N 46°18′22″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Ilam
County	Eyvan, Iran
District	Central
Elevation	1,170 m (3,840 ft)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	31,299
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language

The city is populated by Kurds who speak the Kalhori variety of Kurdish.^[5][6] Language composition:^[7]

Ilam linguistic composition Language percent Southern Kurdish   95% Mixed   5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 27,752 in 6,010 households.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 29,400 people in 7,269 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 31,299 people in 8,808 households.^[2]

Infrastructure

Roads

Eyvan is on Road 17 (Iran). The Eyvan-Ilam part, which has recently been expanded into a four-lane road, is the busiest road in Ilam province.^[10] The Eyvan-Ilam route has one tunnel, the Payambare Azam, 1,480 meters long and inaugurated in February 2010. The 50-km Eyvan-Ilam route was made 11 km shorter, replacing the old Renu Tunnel.^[11] The Eyvan bypass project is planned to be completed in two years.

There are two secondary roads; the older is to Sumar and the newer to Gilan-e Gharb.^[12] Eyvan was connected to Gilan-e Gharb by a new route through Nawdar Road in 2015, making the distance between the two cities 40 minutes shorter.^[13][14][15]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Aīvān and Eywān; also known as Eyvān-e Gharb and Jūy Zar; Kurdish: Eywan; formerly Bāgh-e Shāh and Bāgh-ī-Shāh^[3]