Balavah

Balavah is a city in, and the capital of, Zagros District of Chardavol County, Ilam province, Iran. As the village of Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla, it was the capital of Bijnavand Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Zir Tang.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.

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. The following census in 2011 counted 288 people in 76 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 264 people in 79 households, 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.