Abdanan ( fa, آبدانان, ku, ئاودانان, translit=Awdanan) is a city located in the south of 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 Turkm ...

. The population of the city was 60,213 in 2016.

Demographics

The city is populated by

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

with a Luri minority.

References

Populated places in Abdanan County Cities in Ilam Province Articles containing video clips {{Abdanan-geo-stub Kurdish settlements in Ilam Province Luri settlements in Ilam Province