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{{Short description|City in Ilam province, Iran}}
{{redirect|Arakvazi|the administrative division|Arkavazi Rural District}}
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|subdivision_name1       = [[Ilam province|Ilam]]
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|subdivision_name2       = [[Malekshahi County|Malekshahi]]
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'''Arkavaz''' ({{langx|fa|اركواز}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Arak Vāz''', '''Arakvaz''', '''Arkvāz''', '''Arkwāz''', and '''Erkewaz'''; also known as '''Arak Vāz-e Malek Shāhī''', '''Qal‘eh Darreh'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3078919}}</ref> and '''Qaleh Darreh-ye Malekshahi''' (قلعه دره ملکشاهی)<ref name="Arkavazi District Renamed Malekshahi District">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the change of the name of Arkavazi District in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121677|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124115709/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121677|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=24 November 2024|orig-date=Approved 16 March 1380|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.74426; Notification 12084/T24186‌H|access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Malekshahi County)|Central District]] of [[Malekshahi County]], [[Ilam province|Ilam]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Malekshahi County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding changes and reforms of divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135488|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208153301/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135488|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 28 July 1387|id=Proposal 91494/42/1/4/1; Notification 145145/T342H|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>  It is adjacent to the city of [[Delgosha]], bordering it to the north.
==Demographics==
===Ethnicity===
The city is populated by [[Kurds]] from the [[Malekshahi (tribe)|Malekshahi tribe]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province [Arkwāz]|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjU2NTRlYSIsInMiOjE2MTA0ODM0ODkzOTl9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 |access-date=26 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,225 in 2,771 households,<ref name="2006 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> when it was capital of the former [[Malekshahi District]]{{efn|Formerly [[Malekshahi District|Arkavazi District]]<ref name="Arkavazi District Renamed Malekshahi District"/>}} of [[Mehran County]].<ref name="Ilam Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Ilam province, centered in the city of Ilam|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208001844/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113044|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=8 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 83348/T132K|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 12,358 people in 3,116 households,<ref name="2011 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Malekshahi County. Arkavaz was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.<ref name="Malekshahi County Establishment"/> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,977 people in 3,498 households.<ref name="2016 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>
==See also==
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{{Ilam Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Malekshahi County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Cities in Ilam province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Malekshahi County]]
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