Avaj
Avaj
Persian: آوج | |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]Language
[edit | edit source]The people of Avaj speak Azerbaijani.[citation needed]
Population
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Avaj (elevation:2,034.9 m (6,676 ft)), normals for 1997-2005 | |||||||||||||
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| 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
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Notes
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