| Avan اوان | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Avan | |
| Coordinates: 36°29′33″N50°27′05″E / 36.49250°N 50.45139°E Coordinates: 36°29′33″N50°27′05″E / 36.49250°N 50.45139°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Qazvin |
| County | Qazvin |
| Bakhsh | Rudbar-e Alamut |
| Rural District | Moallem Kalayeh |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 368 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Ovan (Persian : اوان, also Romanized as Āvān and Ovan; also known as Anwān) [1] is a village in Moallem Kalayeh Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 368, in 128 families. [2] Avan is located on Ovan Lake.
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script.
Moallem Kalayeh Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,329, in 761 families. The rural district has 14 villages.
Qazvin County is a county in Qazvin Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Qazvin. At the 2006 census, its population was 99,841, in 24,971 families. The county consists of five districts: Central District, Tarom Sofla District, Alamut-e Gharbi District, Alamut-e Sharghi District, and Kuhin District. The county has seven cities: Qazvin, Eqbaliyeh, Mahmudabad Nemuneh, Moallem Kalayeh, Razmian, Kuhin, and Sirdan. Persians, Azeris and Tats are the largest ethnic groups of the Qazvin County.
