Abdanan County

Abdanan County

شهرستان آبدانان
Abdanan County شهرستان آبدانان
County
Country	Iran
Province	Ilam Province
Capital	Abdanan
Bakhsh (Districts)	Central District, Kalat District, Sarab Bagh District
Population (2006)
• Total	45,830
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
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Abdanan County (Persian: شهرستان آبدانان) is a county in Ilam province, Iran.^[1] The capital of the county is Abdanan. At the 2006 census, its population was 45,830, in 9,358 families.^[2] The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Kalat District, and Sarab Bagh District. The county has three cities: Abdanan, Sarabbagh, and Murmuri.

However, some of Lak an Lur speakers live in Abdanan, absolute majority of the citizens are Kurds (southern Kurdish group) .^[3] According to a theory the name Abdanan means place of water; there are many small rivers in Abdanan.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
^ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00210862.2014.913423?journalCode=cist20

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[1] Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

[3] ttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00210862.2014.913423?journalCode=cist20

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