Balavah
City in Ilam province, Iran
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Balavah (Persian: بلاوه)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Zagros District of Chardavol County,[b] Ilam province, Iran.[3] As the village of Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla, it was the capital of Bijnavand Rural District[5] until its capital was transferred to the village of Zir Tang.[3]
Demographics
Ethnicity
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Balavah's population was 290 in 63 households, when it was a village in Bijnavand Rural District of the Central District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 288 people in 76 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 264 people in 79 households,[2] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Zagros District. Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla was elevated to city status as Balavah.[3]
