Meydan ( fa, ميدان, also

Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

d as Meydān; also known as Meydān-e Mīsh Khāş) is a village in

Mishkhas Rural District Mishkhas Rural District ( fa, دهستان ميش خاص) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Sivan District of Ilam County, Ilam Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a c ...

, in the

Sivan District Sivan District ( fa, بخش سیوان) is a district (bakhsh) in Ilam County, Ilam Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,070, in 2,424 families. The District has no cities. The capital is the village of Pagal-e Garab The Distr ...

Ilam County Ilam County ( fa, شهرستان ایلام) is in Ilam province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the wes ...

, Ilam Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 869, in 172 families. The village became the capital of

after the creation of

and the assignment of Jafarabad, the previous capital of the rural district as the capital of the newly created district on March 9, 2013. The village 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 ...

References

Populated places in Ilam County Kurdish settlements in Ilam Province {{IlamCounty-geo-stub