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Ilam province has a total area of 22000 km2. It is situated west of Ilam and is sourrounded by Kermanshah, Khozestan and Lorestan province. Western part of this province has a common border of 425 km long with Iraq. Capital of this province is Ilam town which 1295 km far from Tehran. Ilam has a considerable topographic contrast. Kabir Kuh is high mountain ranges and has a cold climate while low land in west and south west of Ilam province like Mehran, Dehloran and Dasht-e-Abbas have warm climate (300 meters high). Dry and very warm winds of Saudi Arabia rushes the south western part of this province in summer. Kabir Kuh is highly vegetated due high rate of precipitation.Vegetation is of mild to cold climate type while Kuh-e-Dynar�s vegetation is mainly of oak which is typical of mild warm weather. Ilam province is an historical district of Iran. People speak Persian but some of them according to their original race speak Arabic, Kordish or Loric. Handicraft, agriculture, horticultural and animal husbandry are the main economic resources of the province. Mechanized industry has not sufficiently developed.