Avaj County
{{Short description|County in Qazvin province, Iran}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان آوج}}
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| map_caption1 = Location of Qazvin province in Iran
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_name1 = Qazvin
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Avaj
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| p2 = Abgarm
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Avaj County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان آوج}}) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Avaj.{{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}}
History
After the 2011 National Census, Abgarm and Avaj Districts were separated from Buin Zahra County in the establishment of Avaj County, which was divided into two districts and five rural districts, with Avaj as its capital.
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2016 census, the county's population was 43,798 in 13,818 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}}
=Administrative divisions=
Avaj County's population and administrative structure are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Avaj County Population | |
| Administrative Divisions | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 25,532 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hesar-e Valiyeasr RD | style="text-align: right;"| 9,883 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kharaqan-e Gharbi RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,699 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kolengin RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,808 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Avaj (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 5,142 |
| Abgarm District | style="text-align: right;"| 18,265 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abgarm RD | style="text-align: right;"| 5,220 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kharaqan-e Sharqi RD | style="text-align: right;"| 6,709 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abgarm (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 6,336 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 43,798 |
| colspan=2 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Qazvin Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Avaj County|state=collapsed}}