Eyvan County
county in Ilam Province, Iran
Eyvan County (Persian: شهرستان ایوان) is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Eyvan.
Demographics
Ethnicity
The population of Eyvan County is mainly Kurdish.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 47,380 in 10,040 households. The following census in 2011 counted 48,833 people in 11,859 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 49,491 in 13,820 households.
Administrative divisions
Eyvan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Eyvan County” as county in Ilam Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as county in Ilam Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1291755. Authority coordinates are 33.883, 46.183. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Eyvan County”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Eyvan County primary sources, Eyvan County archive and Eyvan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Eyvan County”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Eyvan County” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.