- City,of Kurdistan (western Iran). The city is rural in
appearance and is located near the Iraqi Kurdistan -Iran border. A number of roads emanate
from Ilam, linking it with the border towns of Mehran and Dehloran.
The city's population consists mostly of Kurds. Local industries produce bricks, woven
cloth, coarse carpets, and sack cloth.
The surrounding region is a continuation of the valley of Mesopotamia
and was formed by the deposition of sediments eroded from the Zagros Mountains.
Economically backward, the region is populated by the Posht-e Huhi group of Lurs, many of
whom are settled farmers.
- They are Shi'ite Muslims, and their periodic revolts
were, in times past, a source of trouble for the Iranian government. Agriculture is the
principal occupation of the region, and barley, wheat, rice, oilseeds, potatoes, and dates
are grown.
There are also a large Oil fields in the region. A climatological
station and a small thermoelectric-power plant are located at Ilam. Pop.
(1982 est.) 135.950
- ILAM between war Iran and Iraq since 1980- 88 more than 150
time by Iraqi regime bomb and captured at 1980 until 1984 .
By Kamal Najmaddin
