Avaj
Persian: آوج
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  Avaj
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| Coordinates: 35°34′48″N 49°13′19″E / 35.58000°N 49.22194°E / 35.58000; 49.22194[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Qazvin |
| County | Avaj |
| District | Central |
| Population
(2016)[2]
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| • Total | 5,142 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Avaj (Persian: آوج)[a] is a city in the Central DistrictofAvaj County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] Its people speak Azerbaijani.[citation needed]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,695 in 1,042 households, when it was in the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,142 people in 1,621 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County.[4]
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.[7] Avaj was near the epicenter of the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and thus was severely affected by it, with roughly half the town having been razed.[8]
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