Abdanan County ( fa, شهرستان آبدانان,

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

: ئاودانان) is in Ilam province,

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. The capital of the county is the city of

Abdanan Abdanan ( fa, آبدانان, ku, ئاودانان, translit=Awdanan) is a city located in the south of Ilam Province, Iran. The population of the city was 60,213 in 2016. Demographics The city is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Ku ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 45,830 in 9,358 households. The following census in 2011 counted 46,977 people in 11,256 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 47,851 in 13,188 households. The county is populated by

Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...

and

Lurs Lurs () are an Iranian people living in the mountains of western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari, Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language. Lorestan Province is named after the Lu ...

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Abdanan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and three cities.

References

Counties of Ilam Province {{Ilam-geo-stub