Avaj
Avaj (Persian: آوج), also Romanized as Avej; also known as Aveh, is a city in the Central District of Avaj County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Its people speak Azerbaijani.
Avaj
Persian: آوج | |
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City | |
Avaj | |
| Coordinates: 35°34′48″N 49°13′19″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Qazvin |
| County | Avaj |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 5,142 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 3,695 in 1,042 households, when it was in the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County. The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,142 people in 1,621 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County.
Avaj lies 130 miles (210 km) west of Tehran along Road 37, about 20 kilometres south by road from Abgarm. The city is in an agricultural area. Avaj was near the epicenter of the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and thus was severely affected by it, with roughly half the town being razed.