Ilam Province (, ) is one of the 31
provinces of
Iran. In 2014 it was placed in
Region 4. It is in the west of the country, bordering
Iraq. Its provincial center is the city of
Ilam. Covering an area of 19,086 square kilometers include Ilam,
Mehran,
Dehloran,
Darreh Shahr,
Sarable,
Eyvan,
Abdanan and
Arkwaz cities. Ilam province shares its borders with 3 neighbor Iranian provinces and Iraq ,
Khuzestan province in the south,
Lurestan province in the east,
Kermanshah province in the north and
Iraq in the west with 425 kilometers of common border. The population of the province is approximately 600,000 people (2015 estimate).