Avaj

For the administrative division of Qazvin County, see Avaj County.

Avaj Persian: آوج
City
Avaj
Coordinates: 35°34′48″N49°13′19″E / 35.58000°N 49.22194°E / 35.58000; 49.22194 [1] [2]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
County	Avaj
District	Central
Population  (2016) [3]
• Total	5,142
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Avaj (Persian : آوج) ^[a] is a city in the Central District of Avaj County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. ^[5]

Demographics

Language

The people of Avaj speak Azerbaijani.^{[ citation needed ]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,695 in 1,042 households, ^[6] when it was capital of the former Avaj District of Buin Zahra County. ^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 5,609 people in 1,616 households. ^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,142 people in 1,621 households, ^[3] 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. ^[5]

Overview

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. ^[9] 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. ^[10]

Climate

Climate data for Avaj (elevation:2,034.9 m (6,676 ft)), normals for 1997-2005
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.8 (28.8)	−0.8 (30.6)	4.2 (39.6)	9.9 (49.8)	13.9 (57.0)	19.4 (66.9)	22.0 (71.6)	22.7 (72.9)	18.3 (64.9)	13.1 (55.6)	5.2 (41.4)	1.4 (34.5)	10.6 (51.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	43.0 (1.69)	37.3 (1.47)	67.6 (2.66)	63.0 (2.48)	34.9 (1.37)	3.3 (0.13)	7.7 (0.30)	5.4 (0.21)	2.1 (0.08)	31.7 (1.25)	40.4 (1.59)	52.1 (2.05)	388.5 (15.28)
Source: IRIMO [11]

See also

Iranportal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Avej; also known as Aveh ^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (14 September 2024). "Avaj, دهستان شهیدآباد, بخش مرکزی شهرستان آوج [Shahidabad Rural District, Central District of Avaj County], Avaj County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
2. "H6HC+XQW Avaj, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
3. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Avaj can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3054048" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
5. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (4 January 2012) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1390/10/14 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد شهرستان آوج به مرکزیت شهر آوج در استان قزوین [‌Creation of Avaj County in the center of Avaj city in Qazvin province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 62642/42/04/1. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. Habibi, Hassan (20 July 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/04/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تغییرات تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان بویین زهرا در استان قزوین [‌Changes in the national divisions in Buin Zahra County in Qazvin province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 80CDFE19-D021-4D3D-8886-DCB00934881F. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 253. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
9. Ramazi, Hamidreza; Haghani, Reza (November 2006). "The 22 June 2002 Avaj, Iran, Earthquake: A Field Report" . Seismological Research Letters. 77 (6): 723–730. doi:10.1785/gssrl.77.6.723 . Retrieved 20 June 2008.
10. Hafesi, Parisa (24 June 2002). "Hundreds killed in Iran earthquake". The Guardian . Reuters . Retrieved 20 June 2008.
11. "Statistics of 200 synoptic staations: Avaj(99310)". Chaharmahalmet (asp). Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2024.