Ilam is the capital of Ilam province and Ilam County in western Iran, sitting at an elevation of 1,427 meters in a mountainous region with the Kabir Kuh range to its east and the border with Iraq to its west. The 2016 census recorded 194,030 residents, up 12.7 percent from 172,213 in 2011. Southern Kurdish is the dominant language at 83 percent of the population, followed by New Persian, with smaller communities speaking Northern Luri, Laki and Mesopotamian Arabic. The city has a Mediterranean influenced continental climate with heavy winter precipitation and hot dry summers.
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1. Ilam, Iran (Wikipedia)
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Ilam (Persian: ايلام;, Kurdish: ئیلام/Îlam) is a city in the Central District of Ilam County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 46.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 46.25
33.75 46.25 Csa
3. GeoNames: Īlām - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 130802, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 130802, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
33.6374 46.4227 P PPLA IR 10 140940 1403 Asia/Tehran
Ilam province (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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