Avaj
{{Short description|City in Qazvin province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division of Qazvin County|Avaj County}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
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| native_name = {{langx|fa|آوج}}
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| settlement_type = City
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| coordinates = {{Coord|35|34|48|N|49|13|19|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name = Iran
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Qazvin
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Avaj
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Central
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| population_total = 5142
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Avaj ({{langx|fa|آوج}}){{efn|Also romanized as Avej; also known as Aveh{{GEOnet3|-3054048}}}} is a city in the Central District of Avaj County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Creation of Avaj County in the center of Avaj city in Qazvin province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/185318|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413115449/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/185318|archive-date=13 April 2021|orig-date=Approved 14 October 1390|date=c. 2021|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|access-date=10 January 2024|id=Proposal 62642/42/1/4/1}}
Demographics
=Language=
The people of Avaj speak Azerbaijani.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,695 in 1,042 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qazvin 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/26.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} when it was capital of the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County.{{cite report|title=Creation of Buin Zahra County with the center of Buin Zahra city under the citizenship of Tehran province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116576|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110145031/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116576|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=10 January 2024|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1375|date=c. 2024|id=Notification 121469/17169K|access-date=10 January 2024}} The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qazvin 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/Qazvin.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221156/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,142 people in 1,621 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qazvin 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_26.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 November 2021}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County. Avaj was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.
Overview
Avaj lies {{convert|130|mi|km}} west of Tehran along Road 37, about 20 kilometres south by road from Abgarm. The city is in an agricultural area.{{cite journal |last=Ramazi |first=Hamidreza |author2= Haghani, Reza|date=November 2006 |title=The 22 June 2002 Avaj, Iran, Earthquake: A Field Report |journal=Seismological Research Letters |volume=77 |issue=6 |pages=723–730 |url=http://srl.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/extract/77/6/723 |access-date=2008-06-20 |doi=10.1785/gssrl.77.6.723|url-access=subscription }} 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.{{cite news |first=Parisa |last=Hafesi |title= Hundreds killed in Iran earthquake|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2002/jun/24/iran.naturaldisasters |agency=Reuters |work=The Guardian |date=2002-06-24 |access-date=2008-06-20 }}
Climate
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| location = Avaj (elevation:{{cvt|2034.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}), normals for 1997-2005
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| Jan mean C =-1.8
| Feb mean C =-0.8
| Mar mean C =4.2
| Apr mean C =9.9
| May mean C =13.9
| Jun mean C =19.4
| Jul mean C =22.0
| Aug mean C =22.7
| Sep mean C =18.3
| Oct mean C =13.1
| Nov mean C =5.2
| Dec mean C =1.4
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| Jan precipitation mm =43.0
| Feb precipitation mm =37.3
| Mar precipitation mm =67.6
| Apr precipitation mm =63.0
| May precipitation mm =34.9
| Jun precipitation mm =3.3
| Jul precipitation mm =7.7
| Aug precipitation mm =5.4
| Sep precipitation mm =2.1
| Oct precipitation mm =31.7
| Nov precipitation mm =40.4
| Dec precipitation mm =52.1
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|date = November 2024
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See also
{{Portal-inline|Iran}}
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Notes
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{{Qazvin Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Avaj County|state=collapsed}}